Can primary care physician recommendation improve influenza vaccine uptake among older adults? A community health centre-based experimental study in China

Table 4 Differences in influenza vaccination status among older participants before and after the free influenza vaccination policy was implemented in Shenzhen, China and top three reasons for not having vaccines

Items	Pre-implementation^aN = 1200	Post-implementation^aN = 958	Diff. (%)
Items	N (%)	N (%)	Diff. (%)
Vaccination Status
Ever vaccinated	138(11.5)	358(37.4)	25.9
Vaccinated last year	45(3.8)	321(33.5)	29.7
Top Three Reasons for Not Having Vaccines
Do not know about the influenza vaccination	801(66.8)	328(34.2)	-32.6
Healthy enough and there is no need to be vaccinated	309(25.8)	559(58.4)	32.6
Physicians do not recommend getting the influenza vaccination	43(3.6)	218(22.7)	19.1

P values were calculated from Chi-square tests and group comparisons of percentages of all questions were less than 0.05
^a Pre-implementation means prior the city-wide free influenza vaccination for older adults program was implemented. Post-implementation means after the city-wide free influenza vaccination for older adults program was implemented. Shenzhen implemented a city-wide free influenza vaccination for older adults program since October 2016

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