Improving public health information for patients: shared decision making and influenza vaccination

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Br J Gen Pract. 2017 Sep;67(662):421-422. doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X692477.
[h=1]Improving public health information for patients: shared decision making and influenza vaccination.[/h] Tudrej BV[SUP]1[/SUP], Rehman MB[SUP]2[/SUP], Boussageon R[SUP]3[/SUP].
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PMID: 28860300 PMCID: PMC5569735 [Available on 2018-09-01] DOI: 10.3399/bjgp17X692477

 

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[h=2]INFLUENZA VACCINATION[/h] With regards to influenza vaccination in the over-65s, scientific facts on the benefits are uncertain and communication of facts has caused controversy.[SUP]4[/SUP][SUP],[/SUP][SUP]5[/SUP] Thus far, no randomised controlled trial (RCT) has rigorously analysed the clinical efficacy of the vaccine in the over-65s on clinically pertinent outcomes, such as mortality or hospitalisation.