Influenza Testing and Antiviral Prescribing Practices Among Emergency Department Clinicians in 9 States During the 2006 to 2007 Influenza Season

Mueller, Mark R.; Smith, Philip J.; Baumbach, Joan P.; Palumbo, John P.; Meek, James I.; Gershman, Ken; Vandermeer, Meredith; Thomas, Ann R.; Long, Christine E.; Belflower, Ruth; Spina, Nancy L.; Martin, Karen G.; Lynfield, Ruth; Openo, Kyle P.; Kirley, Pamala D.; Pasutti, Lauren E.; Barnes, Brenda G.; Schaffner, William; Kamimoto, Laurie

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.09.019

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Influenza Testing and Antiviral Prescribing Practices Among Emergency Department Clinicians in 9 States During the 2006 to 2007 Influenza Season

Mark R. Mueller, MPH
- New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, NM
Philip J. Smith, PhD
- Immunization Services Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Joan P. Baumbach, MD, MPH
- New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, NM
John P. Palumbo, MS
- Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT
James I. Meek, MPH
- Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Ken Gershman, MD, MPH
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO
Meredith Vandermeer, MPH
- Oregon Public Health Division, Portland, OR
Ann R. Thomas, MD, MPH
- Oregon Public Health Division, Portland, OR
Christine E. Long, MPH
- Emerging Infections Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Ruth Belflower, MPH
- Emerging Infections Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Nancy L. Spina, MPH
- Emerging Infections Program, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY
Karen G. Martin, MPH
- Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN
Ruth Lynfield, MD
- Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN
Kyle P. Openo, MPH
- Georgia Emerging Infections Program, Emory University School of Medicine and Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, GA
Pamala D. Kirley, MPH
- California Emerging Infections Program, Oakland, CA
Lauren E. Pasutti, MPH
- California Emerging Infections Program, Oakland, CA
Brenda G. Barnes, RN
- Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN
William Schaffner, MD
- Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN
Laurie Kamimoto, MD, MPH
- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
- Address for correspondence: Laurie Kamimoto, MD, MPH, CDC, Influenza Division, 1600 Clifton Road, MS A-32 Atlanta, GA 30333; 404-639-4653, fax 404-639-3866

Received 14 January 2009; received in revised form 30 June 2009 and 25 August 2009; accepted 18 September 2009.

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Supervising editor: Gregory J. Moran, MD

Author contributions: JPB, JIM, KG, ART, RL, WS, and LK conceived the study and designed the survey. MRM, JPB, JPP, KG, MV, ART, CEL, RB, KGM, RL, KPO, PDK, LEP, BGB, and WS supervised or conducted data collection. PJS provided statistical advice on data analysis. MRM drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. LK takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

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doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.09.019

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