Immunization
Data on immunization described by researchers at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 3rd, 2010
A new study, 'Influenza immunization coverage among residents of long-term care facilities certified by CMS, 2005-2006: the newest MDs quality indicator,' is now available. "In October 2005, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) required that long-term care (LTC) facilities certified by CMS offer each resident annual influenza vaccination. Subsequently, vaccination status was added to resident assessments collected beginning in the influenza season, 2005-2006," scientists writing in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association report.
"This is the first year immunization coverage can be reported based on a census of LTC residents....
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