High-dose influenza vaccine use among patients receiving hemodialysis in the United States, 2010-2013.
CONCLUSIONS: While the overall influenza vaccination rate has increased, use of high-dose vaccine among patients with ESRD was very low. Being an older patient, living in the Midwest, and receiving care at hospital-based facilities were the strongest predictors of receiving high-dose vaccine.
PMID: 30195486 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Vaccine - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: McGrath LJ, Layton JB, Krueger WS, Kshirsagar AV, Butler AM Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research
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