Racial/ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination of chronically ill US adults the mediating role of perceived discrimination in health care

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 570-577

  Bleser, William K ^a   Miranda, Patricia Y ^a   Jean Jacques, Muriel ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Discrimination; Health disparities; Influenza; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971325837     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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