JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 128-133 , February 2007

Achieving and Sustaining High Rates of Influenza Immunization Among Long-Term Care Staff

  • David A. Nace, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging, Pittsburgh, PA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to David A. Nace, MD, MPH, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
    • ,
  • Erika L. Hoffman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Neil M. Resnick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging, Pittsburgh, PA.
    • ,
  • Steven M. Handler, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging, Pittsburgh, PA.

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 The authors do not have any conflicts of interest to report.This study was supported in part by the University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging, an American Medical Directors Association Foundation/Pfizer Quality Improvement Award grant, a National Institutes of Health grant 8K12RR023267 (Roadmap Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Award Grant), and the Merck/American Federation for Aging Research Junior Investigator Award in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology.

PII: S1525-8610(06)00491-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.09.014

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 128-133 , February 2007

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