Impact of influenza vaccination programmes among the elderly population on primary care, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands: 2015/16 to 2017/18 influenza seasons
To increase the acceptability of influenza vaccine, it is important to quantify the overall benefits of the vaccination programme.AimTo assess the impact of influenza vaccination in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, we estimated the number of medically attended influenza-confirmed cases (MAICC) in primary care averted in the seasons 2015/16 to 2017/18 among those ≥ 65 years.We used an ecological approach to estimate vaccination impact. We compared the number of observed MAICC (n) to the estimated number that would have occurred without the vaccination programme (N). To estimate N, we used:... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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Schlagwörter: | Influenza Vaccine / Vacina Antigripal / Averted Cases / Influenza Vaccination Impact / influenza / Cuidados de Saúde / Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27587511 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/6522 |