Dtsch Arztebl Int
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Strategies for Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates in Patients with Chronic Renal Disease.
The influenza vaccination rate among older and chronically ill patients in Germany has declined in the past decade in spite of vaccination campaigns. ⋯ Fewer than half of all patients with chronic renal failure in Germany are vaccinated against influenza. The vaccination rate was found to be increased only after an appeal for vaccination that was sent directly to the patients. A letter sent to the treating physicians had no positive effect at all.