Racial and ethnic disparities in influenza and pneumococcal immunization rates among Medicare beneficiaries
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Insight on the issues (AARP Public Policy Institute)
- Contributor(s):
- Flowers, Lynda. Sinclair, Shelly-Ann. Umans, Ben. AARP (Organization) Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization))
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute, c2008
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Healthcare Disparities -- statistics & numerical data Influenza Vaccines -- therapeutic use Medicare Pneumococcal Vaccines -- therapeutic use African Americans Aged Community-Institutional Relations Ethnic Groups European Continental Ancestry Group Federal Government Forecasting Health Services for the Aged Hispanic Americans Immunization -- trends Immunization Schedule Immunization Programs Influenza, Human -- prevention & control Insurance Coverage Middle Aged Minority Groups Minority Health Pharmacists Pneumococcal Infections -- prevention & control Politics Professional Role State Government Humans United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- This Insight on the Issues discusses adult immunization recommendations for flu and pneumonia and current Medicare immunization coverage policies. It also presents data on immunization disparities, discusses factors that may contribute to the disparities, and highlights federal and state initiatives to address them.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 11 p.
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101501082 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101501082