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Standing Orders In An Ambulatory Setting Increases Influenza Vaccine Usage In Older People, Lynne Goebel, Shirley Neitch, Maurice Mufson
Standing Orders In An Ambulatory Setting Increases Influenza Vaccine Usage In Older People, Lynne Goebel, Shirley Neitch, Maurice Mufson
Maurice A. Mufson
Objectives: To determine whether standing orders for influenza vaccine increase its usage in an ambulatory setting in elderly patients. Design: Retrospective analysis of influenza vaccine usage over 4 years (1999–2002). Setting: University ambulatory setting. Participants: Overall, 912 elderly patients of two physicians who issued standing orders and 884 elderly patients of two physicians who did not do so constituted the study group. Measurements: Physicians were categorized as to whether they issued a verbal or written standing order to their nurses to administer the influenza vaccine to patients aged 65 and older. Rates of influenza vaccination of patients whose physicians used …
Standing Orders In An Ambulatory Setting Increases Influenza Vaccine Usage In Older People, Lynne Goebel, Shirley Neitch, Maurice Mufson
Standing Orders In An Ambulatory Setting Increases Influenza Vaccine Usage In Older People, Lynne Goebel, Shirley Neitch, Maurice Mufson
Shirley M. Neitch
Objectives: To determine whether standing orders for influenza vaccine increase its usage in an ambulatory setting in elderly patients. Design: Retrospective analysis of influenza vaccine usage over 4 years (1999–2002). Setting: University ambulatory setting. Participants: Overall, 912 elderly patients of two physicians who issued standing orders and 884 elderly patients of two physicians who did not do so constituted the study group. Measurements: Physicians were categorized as to whether they issued a verbal or written standing order to their nurses to administer the influenza vaccine to patients aged 65 and older. Rates of influenza vaccination of patients whose physicians used …
Standing Orders In An Ambulatory Setting Increases Influenza Vaccine Usage In Older People, Lynne Goebel, Shirley Neitch, Maurice Mufson
Standing Orders In An Ambulatory Setting Increases Influenza Vaccine Usage In Older People, Lynne Goebel, Shirley Neitch, Maurice Mufson
Lynne J. Goebel
Objectives: To determine whether standing orders for influenza vaccine increase its usage in an ambulatory setting in elderly patients. Design: Retrospective analysis of influenza vaccine usage over 4 years (1999–2002). Setting: University ambulatory setting. Participants: Overall, 912 elderly patients of two physicians who issued standing orders and 884 elderly patients of two physicians who did not do so constituted the study group. Measurements: Physicians were categorized as to whether they issued a verbal or written standing order to their nurses to administer the influenza vaccine to patients aged 65 and older. Rates of influenza vaccination of patients whose physicians used …