Increasing influenza vaccination among high-risk elderly: a randomized controlled trial of a mail cue in an HMO setting.

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  • J P Mullooly
چکیده

A randomized controlled trial demonstrated that a single mailed influenza vaccination cue increased the vaccination rate among elderly HMO members with high-risk chronic conditions (n = 2217) from 30 per cent to 39 per cent during the fall and winter of 1984/85.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • American journal of public health

دوره 77 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1987