title: Influenza vaccination. Shot down.
abstract: The government's policy to give everyone over 65 a flu vaccination this winter lacks detail on implementation. A study of vaccination in nine general practices in England last year suggests much greater organisation is required to achieve high take-up rates. Although all practices were computerised and had an age-sex register, they did not use these to plan their vaccination programmes. On its own, computerisation is not a sufficient basis for organising a comprehensive programme. Most practices relied on patients presenting themselves for vaccination.
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Centre for the Economics of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mangtani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000600:supply & distribution; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines