U.S. physicians' perspective of adult vaccine delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adults are at substantial risk for vaccine-preventable disease, but their vaccination rates remain low.

Objective

To assess practices for assessing vaccination status and stocking recommended vaccines, barriers to vaccination, characteristics associated with reporting financial barriers to delivering vaccines, and practices regarding vaccination by alternate vaccinators.

Design

Mail and Internet-based survey.

Setting

Survey conducted from March to June 2012.

Participants

General internists and family physicians throughout the United States.

Measurements

A financial barriers scale was created. Multivariable linear modeling for each specialty was performed to assess associations between a financial barrier score and physician and practice

SUBMITTER: Hurley LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4594851 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature