Racial Inequities in Receipt of Influenza Vaccination Among Nursing Home Residents in the United States, 2008-2009: A Pattern of Low Overall Coverage in Facilities in Which Most Residents are Black

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 470-476

  Bardenheier, Barbara ^a,d   Wortley, Pascale ^b   Shefer, Abigail ^a   McCauley, Mary Mason ^a   Gravenstein, Stefan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization; Long term care; Racial inequities

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861662893     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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