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Hospital Policies, State Laws, and Healthcare Worker Influenza Vaccination Rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard K. Zimmerman ,
Chyongchiou Jeng Lin ,
Mahlon Raymund ,
Jamie Bialor ,
Patricia M. Sweeney  and
Mary Patricia Nowalk
Richard K. Zimmerman
Affiliation:
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chyongchiou Jeng Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mahlon Raymund
Affiliation:
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jamie Bialor
Affiliation:
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Patricia M. Sweeney
Affiliation:
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mary Patricia Nowalk*
Affiliation:
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3518 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (tnowalk@pitt.edu)
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Abstract

This study used hierarchical linear modeling to determine the relative contribution of hospital policies and state laws to healthcare worker (HCW) influenza vaccination rates. Hospital mandates with consequences for noncompliance and race were associated with 3%-12% increases in HCW vaccination; state laws were not significantly related to vaccination rates.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 8 , August 2013 , pp. 854 - 857
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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