Randomized Quality Improvement Trial of Opting-In Versus Opting-Out to Increase Influenza Vaccination Rates during Pregnancy

• Main Authors: Susan H. Wootton (Author), Sean C. Blackwell (Author), George Saade (Author), Pamela D. Berens (Author), Maria Hutchinson (Author), Charles E. Green (Author), Sujatha Sridhar (Author), Kara M. Elam (Author), Jon E. Tyson (Author)
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• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Introduction Despite strong recommendations, only 40.6% of pregnant women attending two prenatal clinics were vaccinated against influenza during the 2009 pandemic. We tested whether an opting-out approach would improve vaccine uptake. Methods We conducted a randomized quality improvement (...