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VACCINES
卷 10, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10050669
关键词
urban; rural; influenza vaccine; vaccination utilization; Florida; underutilization; flu vaccine
资金
- Deanship of Scientific Research, Qassim University
Variation in influenza vaccine use between rural and urban areas: This study examined the difference in influenza vaccine use between rural and urban counties in Florida. It found no significant difference in influenza vaccine use between rural and urban areas. However, increasing age, higher education, and having health care insurance were positively associated with influenza vaccine use.
(1) Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that every person aged six months and over receive the influenza vaccine every year. Previous studies indicate that rural-area residents have less access to preventative health care services. This study aims to examine the variation in influenza vaccine use among rural and urban counties in Florida. (2) Methods: The study studied 24,116 participants from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System database. The study included only patients who live in Florida. We performed logistic regression analysis using survey procedures available in SAS (R). Our regression model assessed the association between receiving the influenza vaccine and county status, age, income level, education level, and health coverage. We used ArcGIS software to create prevalence and vaccination maps. (3) Results: Of the total number of the study participants, 45.31% were residents of rural counties, and 54.69% were residents of urban counties. The logistic regression model showed no significant association between residing in rural counties and not receiving influenza vaccine in the past year (-0.05560, p-value = 0.0549). However, we found significant associations between not receiving influenza vaccine and age, high education level, and not having health care coverage (-0.0412, p-value < 0.0001; -0.04462, p-value = 0.0139; and 0.4956, p-value < 0.0001, respectively). (4) Conclusions: Our study did not find an association between influenza vaccine use among rural and urban residence. Increasing age, higher education, and having health care insurance had positive associations with influenza vaccine use.
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