Influenza Vaccine Shortage Hits Emergency Departments Harder
Researchers surveyed 802 patients older than 23 months who met CDC guidelines for vaccination. In 2004, the year of the vaccine shortage, only 45% were vaccinated and 10% reported attempts to receive vaccination that were unsuccessful or denied, compared to 57.7% who reported receiving one last year. Of 369 patients having a preexisting respiratory condition, only 25% received the vaccine, compared to 38% who reported receiving it the previous year. Uninsured patients meeting CDC guidelines had vaccination coverage of only 14%, - lower than any other insurance category.
According to Damon Kuehl MD, "Vaccines have proven benefit in improving the health of populations-but only if people receive them. It is clear from our experience that emergency department patients are vulnerable to health care shortages and that vaccination rates are far below optimal especially among people with the greatest need for preventive care."
This presentation, "The 2004 Influenza Vaccination Shortage Effect on Emergency Department Patients Who Met CDC Guidelines for Vaccination" by Damon R Kuehl MD, K. John McConnell PhD, and Heather Brooks BS, will be presented as a poster at the 2006 SAEM Annual Meeting, May 18-21, 2006, San Francisco, CA on Saturday, May 20, 2006, from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM in the Exhibit Hall of the San Francisco Marriott. Abstracts of the papers presented are published in the May issue of the official journal of the SAEM, Academic Emergency Medicine.
About The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) is a national non-profit organization of over 6,000 academic emergency physicians, emergency medicine residents and medical students. SAEM's mission is to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine. SAEM's vision is to promote ready access to quality emergency care for all patients, to advance emergency medicine as an academic and clinical discipline, and to maintain the highest professional standards as clinicians, teachers, and researchers. The SAEM Annual Meeting attracts approximately 2,000 medical students, residents and academic emergency physicians. It provides the largest forum for the presentation of original research in the specialty of Emergency Medicine.
About Academic Emergency Medicine
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The SAEM's official journal, Academic Emergency Medicine, is published by Elsevier. Established in 1994, Academic Emergency Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed journal that publishes material relevant to the practice, education, and investigation of emergency medicine, and reaches a wide audience of emergency care practitioners and educators. Each issue contains a broad range of topics relevant to the improvement of emergency, urgent or critical care of the acutely ill or injured patient. Regular features include original research, preliminary reports, education & practice and annotated literature.
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