Pneumococcal vaccination practices among private physicians.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Patriarca, Peter A. ; Schlech, Walter F. ; Hinman, Alan R. ; Conn, Judith M. ; Gunn, Walter J.
• Description:
  It is estimated that less than 10 percent of patients thought to be at high risk of invasive pneumococcal diseases have received 14-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. To determine if any of these groups are more likely to be vaccinated than others, 893 private, primary-care physicians were surveyed nationwide. Although there was general agreement that the vaccine is indicated for the high-risk groups, patients with cardiorespiratory diseases were the only ones usually immunized by more than half of the survey respondents. The discrepancy between attitudes and practices could not be attributed to any specific factor.
• Subjects:
  Aged Attitude Of Health Personnel Child, Preschool Humans Middle Aged Physicians Pneumonia, Pneumococcal Random Allocation Research Article Surveys And Questionnaires Vaccination

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 97(5):406-408
• Pubmed ID:
  7122819
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  97
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2e9eca87e93676436bbd4fd63f5f996c58285497223f1a2baf3bfa02f97a685e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/65898/cdc_65898_DS1.pdf
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