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ATLANTA, June 16 (UPI) -- Americans are increasingly heading to a supermarket or drug store to get their flu shots rather than the doctor's office, U.S. health officials say.
While the single most common place people got vaccinated during the 2010-211 influenza season was still the doctor's office, a significant shift is taking place.
A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released Thursday estimates the proportion of adults vaccinated in a doctor's office was 40 percent during the 2010-2011 season.
But the proportion of adults vaccinated in a supermarket or drug store was 18 percent, an increase of at least 10 percentage points compared with the 1998-1999 and 2006-2007 influenza seasons, the report says.
"Offering influenza vaccination in a variety of settings in the United States is important as the vaccine is recommended for everyone six months of age and older," the report says.
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