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Title
Performance measures, vaccinations, and pneumonia rates among high-risk patients in Veterans Administration health care.
Authors
Jha, Ashish K; Wright, Steven M; Perlin, Jonathan B
Abstract
Influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations reduce morbidity, mortality, and health care costs, but their use lags behind goals set by public health experts. We evaluated the effect of a performance measurement program instituted by the Veterans Health Administration in 1995 to improve vaccination rates.
Publication
American journal of public health, 2007, Vol 97, Issue 12, p2167