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Table 2 Agreement of management of hospitals (N=42) with possible predictors of vaccination rate and mean vaccination rate

From: Contributing factors to influenza vaccine uptake in general hospitals: an explorative management questionnaire study from the Netherlands

Predictor

Agreement Yes N (%)

Agreement No N (%)

Mean difference (95% CI)

Health care workers are personally informed about influenza vaccination

24/38 (18.9)

14/38 (15.6)

3.36 (−2.97 to 9.70)

Agreement with the effect of vaccination on mortality of patients

27/33 (19.0)

6/33 (16.7)

2.24 (−6.50 to 10.98)

Agreement of management with the statement that they are responsible for offering the vaccine to health care workers

32/35 (18.8)

3/35 (10.0)

8.78 (−2.75 to 20.32)

Believing that an intervention program to stimulate vaccination has a positive effect on vaccination rate

18/26 (16.5)

8/26 (17.3)

−0.85 (−8.15 to 6.46)

Hospitals willing to implement an intervention program

20/25 (17.4)

5/25 (12.7)

4.70 (−2.66 to 12.06)

Hospitals willing to implement mandatory vaccination

3/33 (18.0)

30/33 (17.5)

0.51 (−11.49 to 12.51)

Believing that mandatory vaccination will reduce costs

11/24 (16.7)

13/24 (15.6)

1.08 (−5.23 to 7.38)

Believing that the vaccine against influenza is effective

27/32 (18.7)

5/32 (14.2)

4.48 (−5.20 to 14.16)

  1. (In brackets: mean % of influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers).