TABLE. Percentage of health care personnel* who received influenza vaccination, by employer vaccination requirements, workplace vaccine availability, and work setting — Internet panel surveys,† United States, 2017–18 influenza season.
| Vaccination requirement and availability/Work setting | No. (weighted %§) | Weighted % vaccinated |
|---|---|---|
|
Employer vaccination requirement
¶
|
921 (44.1)
|
94.8
|
| Hospital |
572 (68.3) |
96.6 |
| Ambulatory care/Physician office** |
267 (39.2) |
91.2 |
| Long-term care |
161 (29.6) |
89.3 |
| Other clinical setting†† |
200 (37.9) |
90.1 |
|
On-site vaccination >1 day§§
|
380 (14.3)
|
76.0
|
| Hospital |
97 (14.8) |
85.2 |
| Ambulatory care/Physician office** |
101 (13.1) |
79.1 |
| Long-term care |
76 (13.9) |
59.4 |
| Other clinical setting†† |
155 (15.4) |
76.7 |
|
On-site vaccination 1 day¶¶
|
315 (14.6)
|
70.4
|
| Hospital |
62 (11.5) |
80.3 |
| Ambulatory care/Physician office** |
91 (16.0) |
70.1 |
| Long-term care |
101 (17.4) |
67.4 |
| Other clinical setting†† |
91 (9.4) |
67.0 |
|
Other vaccination promotion***
|
218 (9.6)
|
75.1
|
| Hospital |
20 (3.3) |
—††† |
| Ambulatory care/Physician office** |
42 (8.4) |
74.2 |
| Long-term care |
94 (15.6) |
70.4 |
| Other clinical setting†† |
76 (11.2) |
74.0 |
|
No requirement, on-site vaccination or promotion
|
431 (17.4)
|
47.6
|
| Hospital |
31 (2.1) |
39.9 |
| Ambulatory care/Physician office** |
120 (23.2) |
49.4 |
| Long-term care |
148 (23.5) |
42.4 |
| Other clinical setting†† | 166 (26.1) | 54.9 |
* Persons who worked in a place where clinical care or related services were provided to patients, or whose work involved face-to-face contact with patients or who were ever in the same room as patients.
† Respondents were recruited from two preexisting national opt-in Internet sources: Medscape, a medical website managed by WebMD Health Professional Network, and general population Internet panels operated by Survey Sampling International.
§ Weights were calculated based on each occupation type, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, work setting, and U.S. Census region to represent the U.S. population of health care personnel. Work setting and overall occupation are presented as weighted estimates of the total sample. Where the groups are stratified by work setting, the estimates are presented as weighted estimates of the occupation group subsample of each work setting subgroup.
¶ Includes all respondents who indicated that their employer required them to be vaccinated for influenza.
** Ambulatory care (physician’s office, medical clinic, and other ambulatory care setting).
†† Dentist office or dental clinic, pharmacy, laboratory, public health setting, health care education setting, emergency medical services setting, or other setting where clinical care or related services was provided to patients.
§§ Employer made influenza vaccination available on-site for >1 day during the influenza season at no cost to employees. Restricted to respondents without an employer requirement for vaccination.
¶¶ Employer made influenza vaccination available on-site for 1 day during the influenza season at no cost to employees. Restricted to respondents without an employer requirement for vaccination.
*** Influenza vaccination was promoted among employees through public identification of vaccinated persons, financial incentives, or rewards to individuals or groups of employees, competition between units or care areas, free or subsidized cost of vaccination, personal reminders to be vaccinated, or publicizing of the number or percentage of employees receiving vaccination. Restricted to respondents without an employer requirement for vaccination or on-site vaccination.
††† Vaccination coverage estimate not reliable because the sample size was <30.