Open AccessEffects of an Ongoing Epidemic on the Annual Influenza Vaccination Rate and Vaccination Timing Among the Medicare Elderly: 2000-2005
Author(s) -
Byung Kwang Yoo,
Megumi Kasajima,
Kevin Fiscella,
Nancy M. Bennett,
Charles E. Phelps,
Peter G. Szilâgyi
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.