A rebuttal to "A new discussion for Effects of annual influenza vaccination on mortality and hospitalization in elderly patients with ischemic heart disease: A nationwide population-based study"

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-

  Liu, I Fan ^a   Leu, Hsin Bang ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Censored data; Death incidence rate; Number needed to vaccinate

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); VACCINATION;

EID: 84878637737     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.02.025     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Liu I.F., Huang C.C., Chan W.L., et al. Effects of annual influenza vaccination on mortality and hospitalization in elderly patients with ischemic heart disease: a nationwide population-based study. Prev. Med. 2012, 54:431-433.
2. Moghadam M.D. A new discussion for "effects of annual influenza vaccination on mortality and hospitalization in elderly patients with ischemic heart disease: a nationwide population-based study". Prev. Med. 2013, 56:163.