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- Title
Tetanus Immunization of Adult Members of an HMO.
- Authors
Mullooly, John P.
- Abstract
Thirty-nine per cent of 1,900 randomly selected adult Health Plan members received one or more tetanus injections during a 10 year period of continuous eligibility. Age-specific immunization rates decreased from 47 per cent for 20-39 year olds to 28 per cent for those over age 70. Nearly half of the elderly, age 60+, received a booster of tetanus toxoid rather than tetanus-diphtheria toxoids as recommended by the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control. Access to care does not appear to be a sufficient condition for achieving recommended levels of immunization, especially among the elderly.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TETANUS vaccines; TETANUS antitoxin; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION of older people; PREVENTIVE health services for older people
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1984, Vol 74, Issue 8, p841
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.74.8.841