ArticleVaccine2015
Decomposing racial/ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination among the elderly.
Article in Vaccine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Clinics in chest medicine · 2023Review
- Racial, Economic, and Health Inequality and COVID-19 Infection in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Article
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Seasonal Influenza Vaccination among Dialysis Facilities in the United States.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2020Article
- Factors That Contribute to Cost Differences Based on ICU of Admission in Neonates Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: A Novel Decomposition Analysis.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2020Article
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- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Hispanics. A 9-Year Update.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2018Review
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Early Childhood Obesity.Pediatrics · 2018Article
- Variations in Influenza and Pneumonia Immunizations for Medicare Beneficiaries Served by Rural Health Clinics.The journal of primary prevention · 2017Article
- RCGP Research and Surveillance Centre Annual Report 2014-2015: disparities in presentations to primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2017Article
- A Review of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Immunizations for Elderly Adults.Journal of primary care & community healthReview
- Determinants of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake Among the Elderly in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Gerontology & geriatric medicineReview
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Abstract
While persistent racial/ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination have been reported among the elderly, characteristics contributing to disparities are poorly understood. This study aimed to assess characteristics associated with racial/ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination using a nonlinear Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method. We performed cross-sectional multivariable logistic regression analyses for which the dependent variable was self-reported receipt of influenza vaccine during the 2010-2011 season among community dwelling non-Hispanic African-American (AA), non-Hispanic White (W), English-speaking Hispanic (EH) and Spanish-speaking Hispanic (SH) elderly, enrolled in the 2011 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) (un-weighted/weighted N=6,095/19.2 million). Using the nonlinear Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method, we assessed the relative contribution of seventeen covariates - including socio-demographic characteristics, health status, insurance, access, preference regarding healthcare, and geographic regions - to disparities in influenza vaccination. Unadjusted racial/ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination were 14.1 percentage points (pp) (W-AA disparity, p<0.001), 25.7 pp (W-SH disparity, p<0.001) and 0.6 pp (W-EH disparity, p>.8). The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method estimated that the unadjusted W-AA and W-SH disparities in vaccination could be reduced by only 45% even if AA and SH groups become equivalent to Whites in all covariates in multivariable regression models. The remaining 55% of disparities were attributed to (a) racial/ethnic differences in the estimated coefficients (e.g., odds ratios) in the regression models and (b) characteristics not included in the regression models. Our analysis found that only about 45% of racial/ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination among the elderly could be reduced by equalizing recognized characteristics among racial/ethnic groups. Future studies are needed to identify additional modifiable characteristics causing disparities in influenza vaccination.
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