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Adult Population Coverage With Influenza Vaccine and Influenza Hospitalization Rates-Is There a Role for Active Outreach to Immunize At-Risk Neighborhoods?

Journal

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 73, Issue 6, Pages 1110-1112

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab231

Keywords

Influenza; human; influenza vaccine; hospitalization; spatial analysis

Funding

  1. Colorado School of Public Health (Hamman-Hoffman Epidemiology Scholarship)

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The study found that neighborhoods in Denver with higher rates of adult hospitalizations due to laboratory-confirmed influenza had lower coverage of influenza vaccine among adults. Overall vaccine coverage was low, and hospitalization rates were associated with demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Active immunization strategies in at-risk neighborhoods may be necessary to address disparities in influenza hospitalization rates.
We evaluated whether Denver neighborhoods with elevated rates of adult hospitalizations for laboratory-confirmed influenza 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.

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