Pharmacists as Adult Immunizers: Effects on Sites and Rates of Vaccine Delivery.211 Abstract and Executive Summary of Dissertation, September 30, 1998-September 29, 211 2000

摘要

Pneumococcal disease and influenza are still the leading infectious cause of211u001edeath in America. This group of studies evaluated the effect of vaccine 211u001eadministration by pharmacists on adult immunization rates. A historical review 211u001esuggests four factors limited pharmacy's early involvement with vaccines: 211u001einjection requirements, side-effect profile, government purchase, and government 211u001eprovision. The primary component of this project was a cohort study to assess 211u001eimmunization coverage and vaccine-provider choice via a mailed survey. A cohort 211u001eof 1004 adult prescription recipients in urban Washington State, where 211u001epharmacists administer vaccines, was contrasted with 1086 in urban Oregon, where 211u001epharmacists do not vaccinate.