Flu Shots, Mammogram, and the Perception of Probabilities

Flu Shots, Mammogram, and the Perception of Probabilities

We study individuals’ decisions to decline or accept preventive health care interventions such as flu shots and mammograms. In particular, we analyze the role of perceptions of the effectiveness of the intervention, by eliciting individuals' subjective probabilities of sickness and survival, with and without the interventions. Respondents appear to be aware of some of the qualitative relationsh...

Flu Shots, Mammograms, and the Perception of Probabilities

Flu Shots, Mammograms, and the Perception of Probabilities We study individuals’ decisions to decline or accept preventive health care interventions such as flu shots and mammograms. In particular, we analyze the role of perceptions of the effectiveness of the intervention, by eliciting individuals’ subjective probabilities of sickness and survival, with and without the interventions. Responden...

Flu shots--national and provincial/territorial trends.

As well as sub-zero temperatures and snowstorms, flu virurses arrive with the Canadian winter. Healthy people usually recover from the fever, cough, headache and other symptoms in less than a week. But some—especially seniors and those with lung or cardiac conditions—may have more severe cases of the flu and may even need to be hospitalized. Influenza immunization programs were first directed a...

Repeated flu shots may blunt effectiveness.

Coding flu shots: immunize against lost revenue.

W ith health officials expanding their flu shot recommendations to cover more age groups and with a record 132 million doses of flu vaccine expected to be available for the upcoming flu season, it’s a busy time of year for family medicine practices everywhere. Once flu season hits, there’s rarely time to stop and look up the fine points of coding flu shots. So as you prepare to provide this ...