Improving pneumococcal vaccination rates for elderly patients.
Last year, the pneumococcal vaccination rate of 32% in our elderly clinic population was, like that of the state of New Jersey, well below the Healthy People 2000 target of 60% to 80%. During a nine-month period in which intervention strategies, including education and standing orders for nurses, were implemented, we achieved an improved rate of 63%.
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Long Branch Health Center, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*