Declining number of general practitioners can impair influenza vaccination uptake in Italy
Alexander Domnich,
Francesco Lapi,
Andrea Orsi
et al.
Abstract:Background
As in many other countries, seasonal influenza vaccination coverage in Italian older adults is insufficient. In Italy, most influenza vaccine doses are administered by general practitioners (GPs), whose number has been declining in recent years. In parallel, the number of patients per GP and consequent GP workload increased dramatically. In this longitudinal study, we aimed to test whether influenza vaccination coverage may be affected by the increased GP workload.
Methods
The study outcome was th… Show more
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