A case management approach to immunizing patients at high risk for influenza.
The influenza season affects not only the people afflicted with influenza, but the healthcare system as a whole. An estimated dollar 12 billion is the annual cost to care for these patients. An existing problem is that although there is an immunization for influenza, many patients at high risk are not immunized. This article will describe an innovative program of a large Midwest suburban hospital to immunize patients at high risk.
Kreager
A M
AM
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. tkreager_2002@yahoo.com
Cicerone
J
J
Hella
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S
Johnson
A N
AN
Matthews
L
L
Richards
N L
NL
Sinishtaj
L
L
Tobin
A
A
Veltigian
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