Preventive health for the elderly. Role of vaccination
Harward, M.P.
Journal of the Florida Medical Association 79(10): 687-689
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-4148 PMID: 1460450 Document Number: 390971
Elderly patients should receive three vaccinations as part of routine health maintenance: influenza virus vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, and tetanus-diphtheria toxoid. The injections are inexpensive, well-tolerated, and effective. The greatest barrier to effective immunization of the elderly population is not patient compliance but physician compliance. You are the key to the preventive health of your patients.