Jürgen Maurer
Who has a clue to preventing the flu? Unravelling supply and demand effects on the take-up of influenza vaccinations
University of Mannheim|University of York
influenza serious disease especially older people incomplete vaccination takeup poses major public health challenge side physicians patients could promising channels increasing immunization rates attempt yet made empirically unravel respective influences using exclusion restrictions implied economic model physicianpatient interactions study quantifies particular effects supply demand influenza immunization supply side estimates highlight importance physician agency physician quality patients education health behaviors key demand side factors