Clin Infect Dis . Adult population coverage with influenza vaccine and influenza hospitalization rates-is there a role for active outreach to immun

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Clin Infect Dis


. 2021 Mar 14;ciab231.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab231. Online ahead of print.
Adult population coverage with influenza vaccine and influenza hospitalization rates-is there a role for active outreach to immunize at-risk neighborhoods?


Christopher A Czaja[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Myles G Cockburn[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Kathryn Colborn[SUP] 4 2 [/SUP], Lisa Miller[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Deborah S K Thomas[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Rachel K Herlihy[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nisha Alden[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Eric A F Sim?es[SUP] 4 2 [/SUP]



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• PMID: 33714995
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab231

Abstract

We evaluated whether Denver neighborhoods with elevated rates of adult laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalization had lower adult coverage with influenza vaccine. Overall vaccine coverage was low. Hospitalization rates were associated with demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Active immunization of at-risk neighborhoods may be necessary to address disparities in influenza hospitalization rates.

Keywords: hospitalization; human; influenza; influenza vaccine; spatial analysis.