Estimating the effect of influenza vaccination on nursing home residents' morbidity and mortality

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1798-1804

  Pop Vicas, Aurora ^a,b   Rahman, Momotazur ^c   Gozalo, Pedro L ^c   Gravenstein, Stefan ^a,d,e   Mor, Vincent ^c,f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hospitalization; influenza vaccination; nursing home; vaccine match rate

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN; COMPLICATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 84942197090     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13617     Document Type: Article

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