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Jürgen Maurer, PhD; Katherine M. Harris, PhD; Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH

Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(17):1633-1634.

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Despite well-documented evidence regarding effectiveness and safety, uptake of influenza vaccine among adults in the United States falls short of targeted rates.^1-2 Efforts to increase influenza vaccine uptake have focused on reducing the number of so-called missed opportunities, ie, patients who visit health care providers during the fall without being vaccinated.^{1, 3} Yet, the potential effectiveness of provider-based strategies for reducing missed opportunities (eg, standing orders, computerized reminders) may be overstated without consideration of patients' willingness to be vaccinated. We present a more realistic estimate of the potential of such strategies to increase influenza vaccine uptake by quantifying the number of unvaccinated adults most amenable to vaccination during a fall visit to a health care provider.

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We analyzed data from a nationally representative survey of US adults 18 years and older (N = 5067) fielded by Knowledge Networks, Menlo Park, California, between . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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