Can Routine Offering of Influenza Vaccination in Office-Based Settings Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adult Influenza Vaccination?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1624-1630

  Maurer, Jürgen ^a,b   Harris, Katherine M ^b,c   Uscher Pines, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare provider behavior; influenza vaccination; racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY CARE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920944785     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2965-z     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Fiore T, Uyeki T, Broder K, et al. Prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. 2010. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2010;59(RR-8):1–62.
2. Thompson MG, Shay DK, Zhou H, et al. Estimates of deaths associated with seasonal influenza—United States, 1976–2007. MMWR. 2010;59(33):1057–62.
3. Hutchins SS, Fiscella K, Levine R, et al. Protection of racial/ethnic minority populations during an influenza pandemic. Am J Public Health. 2009;99(suppl 2):S261–70.
4. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Self-reported influenza vaccination coverage trends 1989–2008 among adults by age group, risk group, race/ethnicity, health-care worker status, and pregnancy status, United States, National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/professionals/nhis89_08fluvaxtrendtab.pdf (accessed 4 July 2014).
5. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. March Flu Vaccination Coverage United States, 2011–12 Influenza Season. Available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/fluvaxview/national-flu-survey-mar2012.pdf (accessed 4 July 2014).
6. Lindley MC, Wortley PM, Winston CA, Bardenheier BH. The role of attitudes in understanding disparities in adult influenza vaccination. Am J Prev Med. 2006;31(4):281–5.
7. Hesse BW, Nelson DE, Kreps GL, et al. Trust and sources of health information. The impact of the internet and its implications for health care providers: findings from the first health information national trends survey. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(22):2618–24.
8. Maurer J, Harris KM. Contact and communication with healthcare providers regarding influenza vaccination during the 2009–2010 H1N1 pandemic. Prev Med. 2011;52(6):459–64.
9. Maurer J. Who has a clue to preventing the flu? Unravelling supply and demand effects on the take-up of influenza vaccinations. J Health Econ. 2009;40(3):704–17.
10. Schmitz H, Wübker A. What determines influenza vaccination take-up of elderly Europeans? Health Econ. 2011;20(11):1281–97.
11. Chi RC, Neuzil KM. The association of sociodemographic factors and patient attitudes on influenza vaccination rates in older persons. Am J Med Sci. 2004;327(3):113–7.
12. Schwartz KL, Neale AV, Northrup J, et al. Racial similarities in response to standardized offer of influenza vaccination: a metronet study. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21(4):346–51.
13. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Place of Influenza Vaccination Among Adults --- United States, 2010–11 Influenza Season. MMWR 2011;60(23):781–785.
14. Uscher-Pines L, Maurer J, Harris KM. Racial and ethnic disparities in uptake and location of vaccination for 2009-H1N1 and seasonal influenza. Am J Public Health. 2011;101(7):1252–5.
15. Hebert PL, Frick KD, Kane RL, et al. The causes of racial and ethnic differences in influenza vaccination rates among elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Health Serv Res. 2005;40:517–37.
16. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Increasing adult vaccination rates: What works: Strategies list. Available online at: http://www2a.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/whatworks/strategies_list.asp (accessed 4 July 2014)
17. Maurer J, Harris KM, Lurie N. Reducing missed opportunities to vaccinate adults against influenza: what is realistic? Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(17):1633–4.
18. GfK. KnowledgePanel Available online at: http://www.gfk.com/Documents/GfK-KnowledgePanel.pdf (accessed 4 July 2014).
19. Knowledge Networks. Overview of KnowledgePanel statistical weighting protocol. 11 Nov 2009. Available at: www.knowledgenetworks.com/ganp/docs/KN-Weighting-Synopsis.pdf (accessed 4 July 2014).
20. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC health disparities and inequalities report—United States, 2011. MMWR. 2011;60(Suppl):1–113.
21. Harris KM, Maurer J, Kellermann A. Flu vaccine: safe, effective, and mistrusted. N Engl J Med. 2010;363(23):2183–5.
22. Groom HC, Zhang F, Fisher AK, Wortley PM. Differences in adult influenza vaccine-seeking behavior: the roles of race and attitudes. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014;20(2):246–50.
23. Yoo BK, Kasajima M, Phelps CE, Fiscella K, Bennett NM, Szilagyi PG. Influenza vaccine supply and racial/ethnic disparities in vaccination among the elderly. Am J Prev Med. 2011;40(1):1–10.
24. Yoo BK. How to improve influenza vaccination rates in the U.S. J Prev Med. Public Health. 2011;44(4):141–8.
25. Walker AT, Smith PJ, Kolasa M. Reduction of racial/ethnic disaprities in vaccination coverage, 1995–2011. MMWR. 2014;63(1):7–12.
26. Knowledge Networks. GfK bibliography: Articles and presentations based on GfK’s collected panel data, analysis or methodology. Available at: http://www.knowledgenetworks.com/ganp/docs/KN-Bibliography.pdf (accessed 4 July 2014)
27. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2020. 2020 Topics & Objectives. Immunization and Infectious Diseases. Available online at: http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicId=23 (accessed 4 July 2014).
28. Maurer J, Harris KM. Issuance of patient reminders for influenza vaccination by US-based primary care physicians during the first year of universal influenza vaccination recommendations. Am J Public Health. 2014;104(6):e60–2.
29. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of influenza with vaccines: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2010. MMWR. 2010;59(No. RR-8):1–62.
30. Buntin MB, Burke MF, Hoaglin MC, Blumenthal D. The benefits of health information technology: a review of the recent literature shows predominantly positive results. Health Aff. 2011;30(3):464–71.
31. Oster A, Bindman AB. Emergency department visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: insights into preventable hospitalizations. Med Care. 2003;41(2):198–207.
32. Bach PB, Pham HH, Schrag D, et al. Primary care physicians who treat blacks and white. N Engl J Med. 2004;351(6):575–84.
33. Escarce JJ. Racial and ethnic disparities in access to and quality of health care. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Research Synthesis Report No. 12 2007:1–32.