Influenza vaccination and hospitalisation in Elderly Health Centres

C M Schooling; S M McGhee; B J Cowling; G N Thomas; W M Chan; K S Ho; V C W Wong; G M Leung

Influenza vaccination and hospitalisation in Elderly Health Centres

C M Schooling, S M McGhee, B J Cowling, G N Thomas, W M Chan, K S Ho, V C W Wong, G M Leung

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Abstract

1. A cohort of Elderly Health Centres was examined to determine whether influenza vaccination decreased hospitalisation and mortality. 2. In the influenza season, influenza vaccination reduced all-cause mortality by half and cardiorespiratory hospitalisation by a quarter. The extent to which influenza vaccination protects older people from serious morbidity and mortality needs to be confirmed in appropriately designed studies, so that scarce health care resources can be used effectively

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4-7
Number of pages	4
Journal	Hong Kong Medical Journal
Volume	18 Suppl 2
Publication status	Published - Feb 2012

Keywords

Aged
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cause of Death
Female
Health Services for the Aged
Hong Kong
Hospitalization
Humans
Influenza, Human
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Pneumonia
Poisoning
Poisson Distribution
Vaccination
Wounds and Injuries

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Influenza vaccination and hospitalisation in Elderly Health Centres

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