Esther W. de Bekker?Grob|Jorien Veldwijk|Marcel F. Jonker|Bas Donkers|Jan Huisman|Sylvia Buis|Joffre Swait?|Emily Lancsar|Cilia Witteman|Gouke J. Bonsel|P. J. E. Bindels
The impact of vaccination and patient characteristics on influenza vaccination uptake of elderly people: A discrete choice experiment
Erasmus University Rotterdam|Erasmus MC|Erasmus University Rotterdam|Uppsala University|Erasmus University Rotterdam|Erasmus University Rotterdam|University of South Australia|Monash University|Radboud University Nijmegen|EuroQol Research Foundation|Erasmus University Rotterdam|Erasmus MC
improve information patients facilitate vaccination coverage line eu world health organization goals aimed quantify vaccination patient characteristics impact influenza vaccination uptake elderly peoplean online discrete choice experiment dce conducted among 1261 representatives dutch general population aged 60 years older dce used influenza vaccination scenarios based five vaccination characteristics effectiveness risk severe side effects risk mild side effects protection duration absorption time heteroscedastic multinomial logit model used taking scale preference heterogeneity based 19 patient characteristics accountvaccination patient characteristics contributed explain influenza vaccination uptake assuming base case respondent realistic vaccination scenario predicted uptake 58 oneway changes vaccination characteristics patient characteristics changed uptake 46 61 37 95 respectively strongest impact vaccination uptake whether patient vaccinated last year whether experienced vaccination side effects patients general attitude towards vaccinationalthough vaccination characteristics proved influence influenza vaccination uptake certain patient characteristics even higher impact influenza vaccination uptake policy makers general practitioners use insights improve communication plans information regarding influenza vaccination individuals aged 60 years older instance physicians focus patients experienced side effects due vaccination past policy makers tailor standard information folder patients vaccinated last year patient