Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Patients With a History of Cancer: Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all patients with cancer, but vaccine uptake data by cancer type and time since diagnosis are limited. We sought to estimate vaccination rates across different cancer types in the United States and determine whether rates vary over time since diagnosis.

Methods

Vaccination rates in individuals with solid tumor and hematological malignancies were estimated using data from 59 917 individuals obtained by the 2016 and 2017 National Health Interview Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Results

An average of 64% of the 5053 individuals with self-reported cancer received the influenza vaccine. Vaccination rates in men and women with solid tumors (66.6% and 60.3%, respectively) and hemat

SUBMITTER: Chang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8312520 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature