Beneficiary characteristics and vaccinations in the end-stage renal disease Medicare beneficiary population, an analysis of claims data 2006-2015.

CONCLUSIONS: Opportunities exist at regional and facility levels to improve vaccination coverage. Compliance to ACIP recommendations may directly affect risk for ESRD dialysis patients for complications from diseases that can be mitigated by vaccination.
PMID: 29132990 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Vaccine - November 10, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Shen AK, Kelman JA, Warnock R, Zhang W, Brereton S, McKean S, Wernecke M, Chu S, Gellin BG Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research