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Lung doctors most likely to have flu vaccine on hand.
2004 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pulmonary specialists are more likely than cardiologists or endocrinologists to make the flu vaccine available to their patients in their offices, according to a new study.
Yearly flu vaccinations are recommended for all people with chronic lung, heart and endocrine disorders like diabetes, yet vaccination rates among these patients fall short of national goals, especially among adults 18-64 years old, said Matthew Davis, MD, MAPP, of the University of Michigan and colleagues. Their findings were reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Having the flu vaccine available at specialists' offices may help improve vaccination rates among high-risk and older patients, the researchers concluded.
"Whereas community, workplace or primary care immunization sites may be preferable for some individuals, the lack of available vaccine at subspecialty practices represents a missed opportunity" to reduce the numbers of flu-related illnesses and deaths, Davis said.
Davis and colleagues surveyed a random sample of office staff in 1650 cardiology, pulmonary and endocrinology specialist practices between February and March 2003 to check whether the offices had the flu vaccine in stock. Seventy-four percent of the offices said they had the vaccine on hand at some point during the 2002-2003 flu season.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Lung doctors most likely to have flu vaccine on hand.