Influenza Vaccination Among People With Medicare by Race and Ethnicity, Education, and Rurality.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Influenza vaccination is a safe, effective way to mitigate influenza infection but remains underused by some groups, including older Black and Hispanic adults. There is concern that changing attitudes toward vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic could decrease influenza vaccination rates.

Objective

To examine national patterns of influenza vaccination among older adults with Medicare, including analyses stratified by race and ethnicity, educational attainment, and rurality.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, cross-sectional survey study of responses to the 2019 and 2022 Medicare Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems surveys used cross-sectional analysis for data from a weighted sample of 285 265 community-dwelling Med

SUBMITTER: Gidengil C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11986769 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature