Racial inequities in receipt of influenza vaccination among long-term care residents within and between facilities in Michigan

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-377

  Bardenheier, Barbara ^a,b,d   Wortley, Pascale ^a   Ahmed, Faruque ^a   Gravenstein, Stefan ^c   Hogue, Carol J Rowland ^b  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza immunization; Nursing home; Racial inequity

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LONG TERM CARE; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027933345     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182054293     Document Type: Article

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