标题：Issuance of Patient Reminders for Influenza Vaccination by US-Based Primary Care Physicians During the First Year of Universal Influenza Vaccination Recommendations
摘要：To estimate the number of physician-reported influenza vaccination reminders during the 2010–2011 influenza season, the first influenza season after universal vaccination recommendations for influenza were introduced, we interviewed 493 members of the Physicians Consulting Network. Patient vaccination reminders are a highly effective means of increasing influenza vaccination; nonetheless, only one quarter of the primary care physicians interviewed issued influenza vaccination reminders during the first year of universal vaccination recommendations, highlighting the need to improve office-based promotion of influenza vaccination. Provider-issued reminders are highly effective in increasing influenza vaccine uptake and are well accepted by patients. 1,2 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other professional societies, such as the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have long recommended the issuance of patient reminders to increase influenza vaccination. 3 We present estimates of physician-reported issuance of influenza vaccination reminders during the 2010–2011 influenza season, the first in which the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended influenza vaccination to all people aged 6 months and older. 4 Universal vaccination recommendation eliminated the need to target influenza vaccination on the basis of complex combinations of risk factors and age. We also compared the issuance of reminders for influenza vaccination with that for check-ups and well-care visits to assess the priority placed on promoting influenza vaccination relative to that for other forms of health promotion.
