Adult Population Coverage With Influenza Vaccine and Influenza Hospitalization Rates-Is There a Role for Active Outreach to Immunize At-Risk Neighborhoods?

Czaja, Christopher A; Cockburn, Myles G; Colborn, Kathryn; Miller, Lisa; Thomas, Deborah S K; Herlihy, Rachel K; Alden, Nisha; Simões, Eric A F · Clin Infect Dis · 2021

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

We evaluated whether Denver neighborhoods with elevated rates of adult hospitalizations for laboratory-confirmed influenza had lower adult coverage with influenza vaccine. Overall vaccine coverage was low. Hospitalization rates were associated with demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Active immunization of at-risk neighborhoods may be necessary to address disparities in influenza hospitalization rates.

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