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Trends in place of early-season influenza vaccination among adults, 2014-15 through 2018-19 influenza seasons—The importance of medical and nonmedical settings for vaccination
- Source :
- Am J Infect Control
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Annual vaccination is the most effective strategy for preventing influenza. We assessed trends and demographic and access-to-care characteristics associated with place of vaccination in recent years. Methods Data from the 2014-2018 National Internet Flu Survey were analyzed to assess trends in place of early-season influenza vaccination during the 2014-15 through 2018-19 seasons. Multivariable logistic regression was conducted to identify factors independently associated with vaccination settings in the 2018-19 season. Results Among vaccinated adults, the proportion vaccinated in medical (range: 49%-53%) versus nonmedical settings (range: 47%-51%) during the 2014-15 through 2018-19 seasons were similar. Among adults aged ≥18 years vaccinated early in the 2018-19 influenza season, a doctor's office was the most common place (34.4%), followed by pharmacies or stores (32.3%), and workplaces (15.0%). Characteristics significantly associated with an increased likelihood of receipt of vaccination in nonmedical settings among adults included household income ≥$50,000, having no doctor visits since July 1, 2018, or having a doctor visit but not receiving an influenza vaccination recommendation from the medical professional. Conclusions Place of early-season influenza vaccination among adults who reported receiving influenza vaccination was stable over 5 recent seasons. Both medical and nonmedical settings were important places for influenza vaccination. Increasing access to vaccination services in medical and nonmedical settings should be considered as an important strategy for improving vaccination coverage.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Vaccination Coverage
Adolescent
Epidemiology
Influenza season
Pharmacy
Logistic regression
Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Influenza, Human
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Pharmacies
0303 health sciences
Early season
030306 microbiology
business.industry
Health Policy
Vaccination
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Influenza Vaccines
Vaccination coverage
Household income
Seasons
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01966553
- Volume :
- 49
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Infection Control
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....70c4b93299c08ce1e8e1a111d37bdc8a