Preventive health for the elderly. Role of vaccination. |
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| Authors: | M P Harward |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville. |
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| Abstract: | Elderly patients should receive three vaccinations as part of routine health maintenance: influenza virus vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, and tetanus-diphtheria toxoid. The injections are inexpensive, well-tolerated, and effective. The greatest barrier to effective immunization of the elderly population is not patient compliance but physician compliance. You are the key to the preventive health of your patients. |
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