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Survey of physicians' flu vaccine practices raises some concerns.
2002 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Michigan researchers reported results of a national survey of internists and family physicians that aimed "to characterize U.S. physicians' practices regarding influenza vaccine."
The researchers especially were interested in physicians' "capacity to identify high-risk patients, [their] use of reminder systems, and the typical period of administration of vaccine."
Of 1606 internists and family physicians randomly sampled across the U.S., 60% responded to the mail survey, conducted between October and November 2000.
M.M. Davis and colleagues listed their findings:
* "Family physicians are significantly more likely than internists to administer influenza vaccine in their practices (82% vs. 76%; p
* "Eighty percent of physicians typically administer influenza vaccine for 3 to 5 months, but only 27% continue administering vaccine after the typical national peak of influenza activity."
* "Only one half of physicians said their practices are able to generate lists of patients with chronic illnesses at high risk for complications of influenza, and only one quarter had used mail or telephone reminder systems to contact high-risk patients."
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