London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Inequalities found in influenza vaccine uptake among elderly people
Published in Pharma Law Weekly, August 16th, 2005
"In the U.K., payments to providers (general practitioners) for vaccinating all people aged over 64 years old against influenza commenced in 2000. Little information exists on the relationship between uptake and need. We assessed factors influencing uptake and equity in uptake in over 74-year-olds. We analyzed cohort data from 5572 subjects in a community-based trial," scientists in England report.
"Analyses took into account clustering and location of general practices in terms of Underprivileged Area (UPA) Score and area Standardized...
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Source: Pharma Law Weekly (2005-08-16)
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