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

Date

Authors

Andrews, Ross

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

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

Keywords

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

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/84843

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Vaccine

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.11.039

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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