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1. The Scope and Targeting of Influenza Vaccination Reminders Among US Adults: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey

Author

Katherine M. Harris and Jürgen Maurer

Subjects
Adult, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, medicine.medical_specialty, Scope (project management), business.industry, Reminder Systems, Public health, United States, Vaccination, Immunization, Influenza Vaccines, Health Care Surveys, Family medicine, Epidemiology, Immunology, Internal Medicine, medicine, Humans, Patient Compliance, Disease prevention, Viral disease, Influenza virus vaccine, business
Abstract

We analyzed data from a nationally representative survey of US adults 18 years and older fielded by Knowledge Networks (Menlo Park, California) between March 4 and April 7, 2009.

Published
2010
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2. Reducing Missed Opportunities to Vaccinate Adults Against Influenza: What Is Realistic?

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Nicole Lurie, Jürgen Maurer, and Katherine M. Harris

Subjects
Adult, Physician-Patient Relations, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Influenza vaccine, Public health, Vaccination, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Health Surveys, Young Adult, Influenza Vaccines, Family medicine, Influenza, Human, Immunology, Health care, Internal Medicine, medicine, Humans, Disease prevention, business
Abstract

Despite well-documented evidence regarding effectiveness and safety, uptake of influenza vaccine among adults in the United States falls short of targeted rates. Efforts to increase influenza vaccine uptake have focused on reducing the number of so-called missed opportunities, ie, patients who visit health care providers during the fall without being vaccinated. Yet, the potential effectiveness of provider-based strategies for reducing missed opportunities (eg, standing orders, computerized reminders) may be overstated without consideration of patients' willingness to be vaccinated.

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2009
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