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Retail clinics have rapidly become a fixture of the US health care delivery landscape.
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Retail clinics play a growing role in delivering vaccinations to Americans, and vaccinations constitute a substantial share of retail clinic business.
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Respondents in a representative sample of the US adult thought combination vaccines were safe and were willing to pay extra to avoid minor side effects and increase vaccination coverage in their communities.
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This study seeks to evaluate longitudinal trends in people's risk perceptions and vaccination intentions during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
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There is growing concern that climate change will lead to more frequent natural disasters that may adversely affect short- and long-term health outcomes in developing countries.
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The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans find that such plans significantly cut health spending but families with such plans also cut preventive care such as cancer screening, childhood immunizations, and routine diabetes testing.
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Hispanic seniors, especially if Spanish-preferring and in linguistically isolated areas, are immunized at lower rates than non-Hispanic whites. Physicians and policymakers may be able to help by addressing cultural and linguistic barriers to immunization.
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Consumers in high deductible health plans use less health care, but they also cut use of preventive services, even though plans exempt preventive services from the deductible.
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This article describes findings from a group of experts assembled to help improve the science of patient safety..
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More research is needed to improve understanding of Americans' reluctance to be vaccinated against the flu to better prepare the nation for a future pandemic flu outbreak.
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This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments.
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Despite comprehensive media coverage of the H1N1 pandemic, awareness of government influenza vaccination recommendations among adults is low. Provider-based vaccination counseling may help increase awareness of federal vaccination recommendations.
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Influenza is a serious disease, especially for older people, and incomplete vaccination take-up poses a major public health challenge.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff: Saving Money and Saving Lives in Nursing Homes, in Washingtonpost.com.
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Based on the insights learned about effective changes, the project developed a change package for use by other long-term care facilities.
News Release
November 15, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Vaccination of Nursing Home Staff, Residents, Key to Reducing Influenza Outbreaks.
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This electronic monitoring system was well received by vaccinees and allowed health-care providers to track the status of vaccinees.
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To evaluate the influence of immunization rates on the likelihood of influenza-like illness (ILI) clusters in nursing facilities.
Commentary
The flu vaccine is not the only vaccine that Americans could find in short supply due to a lack of enough manufacturing facilities licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In the past six years there have been U.S. shortages of more than half of the 12 recommended childhood vaccines, and there could be more.
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On the relative effectiveness of the diverse approaches used to promote preventive care activities, such as cancer screening and adult immunization.
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