Estimated Costs Associated with Improving Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Personnel in a Multihospital Health System

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-72

  Lin, Chyongchiou Jeng ^a   Nowalk, Mary Patricia ^a   Zimmerman, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MOTIVATION; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84856367404     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(12)38009-4     Document Type: Article

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