Influence of physician and physician list characteristics on influenza vaccination rates in older people in a health care area in the community of Valencia, Spain;Influencia de las características de los médicos y del cupo en la vacunación antigripal de ancianos en un ́rea de salud de la Comunidad Valenciana

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 336-342

  Schwarz Chavarri H ^a   Pedrera Carbonell, V ^b   Ortuno Lopez J L ^b   Orozco Beltrán, Domingo ^c,d   Gil Guillen V ^c,d   Pastor Climent, M A ^c  

^a Unidad de Calidad y Formacion   (Spain)

^b Direccion de Atencion Primaria   (Spain)

^c Unidad de Investigacion y Docencia   (Spain)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Influencing factors; Influenza vaccination; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN;

EID: 9744256968     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13067768     Document Type: Article

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