Characteristics of long-term-care facility residents associated with receipt of influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 946-954

  Bardenheier, Barbara ^a,d   Shefer, Abigail ^a   McKibben, Linda ^b   Roberts, Henry ^a   Bratzler, Dale ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9244238132     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502325     Document Type: Article

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