Preventive health for the elderly. Role of vaccination.
Elderly patients should receive three vaccinations as part of routine health maintenance: influenza virus vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, and tetanus-diphtheria toxoid. The injections are inexpensive, well-tolerated, and effective. The greatest barrier to effective immunization of the elderly population is not patient compliance but physician compliance. You are the key to the preventive health of your patients.
Harward
M P
MP
Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.
D000368:Aged; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D014611:Vaccination
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines