Effects of an Ongoing Epidemic on the Annual Influenza Vaccination Rate and Vaccination Timing Among the Medicare Elderly: 2000-2005 | Zendy

ByungKwang Yoo | Zendy; Megumi Kasajima | Zendy; Kevin Fiscella | Zendy; Nancy M. Bennett | Zendy; Charles E. Phelps | Zendy; Peter G. Szilagyi | Zendy

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Effects of an Ongoing Epidemic on the Annual Influenza Vaccination Rate and Vaccination Timing Among the Medicare Elderly: 2000-2005

Author(s) -

ByungKwang Yoo,

Megumi Kasajima,

Kevin Fiscella,

Nancy M. Bennett,

Charles E. Phelps,

Peter G. Szilagyi

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.172411

Subject(s) - vaccination , medicine , receipt , demography , influenza vaccine , environmental health , immunology , sociology , world wide web , computer science

We assessed short-term responsiveness of influenza vaccine demand to variation in timing and severity of influenza epidemics since 2000. We tested the hypothesis that weekly influenza epidemic activity is associated with annual and daily influenza vaccine receipt.

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