U.S. physicians' perspective of adult vaccine delivery

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 161-170

  Hurley, Laura P ^a   Bridges, Carolyn B ^b   Harpaz, Rafael ^b   Allison, Mandy A ^a   O'Leary, Sean T ^c   Crane, Lori A ^d   Brtnikova, Michaela ^c   Stokley, Shannon ^b   Beaty, Brenda L ^c   Jimenez Zambrano, Andrea ^c   Ahmed, Faruque ^b   Hales, Craig ^b   Kempe, Allison ^c  

^a Wellington Webb Center for Primary Care   (United States)

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

^c Children's Outcomes Research Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; E-MAIL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL BARRIERS SCALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INSURANCE; INTERNET; INTERNIST; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RATING SCALE; REIMBURSEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84893856659     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/m13-2332     Document Type: Article

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