Contributing factors to influenza vaccine uptake in general hospitals: An explorative management questionnaire study from the Netherlands

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Riphagen Dalhuisen, Josien ^a,b   Kuiphuis, Joep Cf ^a   Procé, Arjen R ^a   Luytjes, Willem ^c   Postma, Maarten J ^a   Hak, Eelko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS VACCINE INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General hospital; Health care workers; Influenza vaccination; Management

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84871375204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1101     Document Type: Article

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