Feasibility of a cluster-randomized influenza vaccination trial in U.S. nursing homes: Lessons learned

• Main Authors: Stefan Gravenstein (Author), H. Edward Davidson (Author), Lisa F. Han (Author), Jessica A. Ogarek (Author), Roshani Dahal (Author), Pedro L. Gozalo (Author), Monica Taljaard (Author), Vincent Mor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Influenza severity increases and vaccine effectiveness decreases with age. High-dose influenza vaccine (HD) with quadruple the antigen of standard-dose (SD) vaccine is more efficacious in community-dwelling persons 65 years and older. We evaluated the feasibility of recruiting and randomizing Medica...