Assessment of vaccine coverage following the introduction of a publicly funded pneumococcal vaccine program for the elderly in Victoria, Australia

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2005

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Andrews, Ross

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Elsevier

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In 1998, a publicly funded pneumococcal vaccine program was introduced for persons aged ≥ 65 years in Victoria, Australia. In 2000, vaccine coverage over the previous 5 years was assessed through a telephone survey of 385 randomly selected subjects aged

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Keywords: Pneumococcus vaccine; aged; article; Australia; controlled study; female; health program; human; major clinical study; male; medical record; priority journal; self report; sensitivity and specificity; telephone; vaccination; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Austr Elderly; Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine coverage; Validity

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Vaccine

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Journal article

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