Declining number of general practitioners can impair influenza vaccination uptake among Italian older adults: Results from a panel analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Seasonal influenza vaccination coverage in Italian older adults is insufficient and well below the minimum target of 75%. In Italy, most influenza vaccine doses are administered by general practitioners (GPs), whose number has been declining. In parallel, the number of patients per GP and GP workload increased dramatically, which theoretically may impair vaccination counselling. In this ecological study, we aimed to assess whether influenza vaccination coverage in older adults is associated with the density of GPs having high number of patients.

Methods

The study outcome was the influenza vaccination coverage rate in adults aged ≥ 65 years and registered in 20 Italian regions over the last 23 years. The independent variable of interest was the proportion of GPs wi

SUBMITTER: Domnich A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11334494 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature