• DOI:10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00074
• Corpus ID: 3395183

Feasibility and Patient Acceptance of Emergency Department-Based Influenza Vaccination in a Military Medical Center.

@article{Hilger2016FeasibilityAP,
  title={Feasibility and Patient Acceptance of Emergency Department-Based Influenza Vaccination in a Military Medical Center.},
  author={Keren Arkin Hilger and James Hilger and Shannon D. Putnam and Shaun D. Carstairs and Ryan C Maves},
  journal={Military medicine},
  year={2016},
  volume={181 8},
  pages={
          883-6
        }
}

• Keren Arkin Hilger, James Hilger, +2 authors R. Maves
• Published 2 August 2016
• Medicine, Political Science
• Military medicine

Influenza vaccination rates in the United States remain low. Many emergency department (ED) patients may not routinely seek care elsewhere. In a survey of ED visitors, 36.8% of unvaccinated respondents were willing to consider influenza vaccination during their visit. Participants at high risk for influenza complications were more likely to have been previously vaccinated, but unvaccinated participants at high risk were not significantly more likely to consider ED-based vaccination compared with other participants. ED-based influenza vaccination may be an effective method to expand vaccine coverage.