Influenza Immunization of Adults During Outpatient Pediatric Visits

Aakriti Mishra; Walter Dehority

doi:10.1093/jpids/piab038

Influenza Immunization of Adults During Outpatient Pediatric Visits

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Aug 17;10(7):793-796. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab038.

Authors

Aakriti Mishra¹, Walter Dehority²

Affiliations

¹ The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

PMID: 34076238
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piab038

Abstract

The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests pediatricians may provide influenza immunization to adults accompanying children to outpatient appointments. Analysis of the IBM Watson MarketScan database demonstrated that of 1 546 340 encounters for pediatric influenza immunization in 2016, only 1.5% of encounters with a pediatrician resulted in immunization of an accompanying adult.

Keywords: adult companion; vaccination.

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MeSH terms

Adult
Child
Humans
Immunization
Influenza Vaccines*
Influenza, Human* / prevention & control
Outpatients
Pediatrics*
United States
Vaccination

Substances

Influenza Vaccines

Grants and funding

University of New Mexico Departmental Research Allocation