Increasing engagement of clinicians in adult immunizations: reflections on a decade and a half of research.
Increasing engagement of clinicians in adult immunizations: reflections on a decade and a half of research.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.10.028
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发表时间:
2014-12-12
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5.5
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Zimmerman RK
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作者:
Zimmerman RK
The United States has a national adult immunization problem of modest rates that are relatively flat over time. For instance, pneumococcal immunization rates in the United States in 2012 among adults 65 years of age and older were 59.9%, and among high-risk adults were 20.0%, significantly below Healthy People 2020 vaccination goals of 90% and 60%, respectively. Influenza vaccination rates in 2012–13 were also modest at 31% among 18–49 year-olds, 45% among 50–64 year-olds, and 66% among those≥ 65 years; overall, a ninepoint racial disparity in rates was noted [1].The US immunization rate problem is multifactorial and includes barriers in the patient, provider, pharmaceutical manufacturer, and system spheres. For this essay, I focus on a segment of the problem: insufficient motivation in the primary care setting. Although most clinicians support and provide immunizations, they lack the commitment to maximize rates in the primary care setting. This is demonstrated by the variability in rates between practices, in the high rate of missed vaccination opportunities that occur when a patient visits their primary care clinician but is not vaccinated, in patient reports about openness to vaccination if their clinician so recommended, and in variable effects of intervention studies. In reviews of vaccination rates according to the electronic medical record, I have seen rates range from 2% to 100%(personal communication, C. Lin PhD, 2014). Some practices achieve high rates, which can be attributed in part to use of standing orders programs (SOPs)[2]. In a study of primary care medical records over 3.25 years, missed opportunities at medical visits occurred 3.4 times for influenza vaccine and 10.7 times for PPV [3]. Another study found missed opportunities in 38% to 94% of office visits, depending on the vaccine and setting [4]. Furthermore, adults report being 12 times more likely to have received PPSV if someone in the clinician’s office recommended it [5]. Finally, intervention studies provide further insight. One study found that brief staff training, provision of forms and two reminders of the intervention were insufficient to significantly change office practices under SOPs, showing the impact of unmotivated staff [6]. In another intervention study, actual implementation of a toolkit and vaccination rates varied by practice PPSV rates increased significantly overall for high-risk adults (18–64 years; 25% vs. 40%) but not for older adults (44% vs. 52%) and in two of four practices among both high-risk and older adults (p<. 05)[7]. Influenza vaccination rates increased significantly in three of four sites and overall by 11%.