Use of High-Dose Influenza and Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines by US Primary Care Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several different types of influenza vaccine are licensed for use in adults in the USA including high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (HD-IIV) and live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV). HD-IIV is licensed for use in adults ≥ 65 years, and recommendations for use of LAIV have changed several times in recent years.

Objective

We sought to examine family physicians' (FPs) and general internal medicine physicians' (GIMs) perceptions, knowledge, and practices for use of HD-IIV and LAIV during the 2016-2017 and 2018-2019 influenza seasons.

Design

E-mail and mail surveys conducted February-March 2017, January-February 2019.

Participants

Nationally representative samples of FPs and GIMs.

Main measures

Surveys assessed HD-IIV practices (2017), kno

SUBMITTER: Cataldi JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298749 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature