Persistent racial and ethnic disparities in flu vaccination coverage: Results from a population-based study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1004-1009

  Almario, Christopher V ^a   May, Folasade P ^a,b,c   Maxwell, Allison E ^b   Ren, Wanmeng ^c   Ponce, Ninez A ^b,d   Spiegel, Brennan M R ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flu vaccination; preventive care; racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FILIPINO (CITIZEN); HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH ASIAN; VERY ELDERLY; VIETNAMESE; ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFLUENZA; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977615232     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.064     Document Type: Article

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