Abstract
A randomized controlled trial demonstrated that a single mailed influenza vaccination cue increased the vaccination rate among elderly HMO members with high-risk chronic conditions (n = 2217) from 30 per cent to 39 per cent during the fall and winter of 1984/85.
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