Racial Inequities in Receipt of Influenza Vaccination Among Nursing Home Residents in the United States, 2008–2009: A Pattern of Low Overall Coverage in Facilities in Which Most Residents are Black

OBJECTIVES: Nationwide among nursing home residents, receipt of the influenza vaccine is 8 to 9 percentage points lower among blacks than among whites. The objective of this study was to determine if the national inequity in vaccination is because of the characteristics of facilities and/or resident...

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Published in:J Am Med Dir Assoc
Main Authors: Bardenheier, Barbara, Wortley, Pascale, Shefer, Abigail, McCauley, Mary Mason, Gravenstein, Stefan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4554484/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22420974
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2012.02.001
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