Effectiveness of age-based strategies to increase influenza vaccination coverage among high risk subjects in Madrid (Spain)

Are age-based strategies effective in increasing influenza vaccination coverage?: The Spanish experience

“…This may have been the case the year the recommendations were modified and during the following one, but not in successive years; therefore, our first investigation would have been more affected than the current one. 9 Our results agree with those reported in Canada and the US. In year 2000, the public health authorities of Ontario recommended universal vaccination free of charge to everyone over the age of 6 mo.…”

“…To the best of our knowledge, only one Spanish study (conducted by our group) has previously assessed the effectiveness of age-based strategies. 9 This investigation compared coverage in the AR of Madrid, which lowered the age limit to 60 y in 2005, with that of AR that maintained the limit at 65 y in 2006/2007. We used data from the Madrid Health Survey and the 2006 Spanish National Health Survey, both of which were conducted in 2006/2007.…”

Pandemic and seasonal vaccine coverage and effectiveness during the 2009–2010 pandemic influenza in an Italian adult population

“…Moreover, a number of target subjects considered themselves not at risk. This suggests that awareness of disease is still low among general population (Costanzo et al 2008) and extension of vaccination indication to the whole population could have given better results in terms of coverage (Jiménez-García et al 2011).…”

Influenza vaccination coverage and uptake predictors among Spanish adults suffering COPD

“…Furthermore, several studies have shown that an agebased vaccination strategy is more effective than one based on diagnosis or clinical characteristics. [43][44][45][46] Our study has several limitations. First of all, the validity of the questions used by the EHS to classify COPD patients' vaccination status has not been evaluated.…”