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Funded Flu Vaccination Criteria 2017
Posted by on 6 March 2017
Funded* influenza vaccine is available each year for patients who meet the following criteria as set by PHARMAC:
- all people 65 years of age and over;or
- people under 65 years of age who have:
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any of the following cardiovascular diseases:
- ischaemic heart disease, or
- congestive heart failure, or
- rheumatic heart disease, or
- congenital heart disease, or
- cerebrovascular disease; or
- either of the following chronic respiratory diseases:
- asthma, if on a regular preventative therapy, or
- other chronic respiratory disease with impaired lung function; or
- diabetes; or
- chronic renal disease; or
- any cancer, excluding basal and squamous skin cancers if not invasive; or
- any of the following other conditions:
- autoimmune disease, or
- immune suppression or
- immune deficiency, or
- HIV, or
- transplant recipients, or
- neuromuscular and CNS diseases/ disorders, or
- haemoglobinopathiesd , or
- are children on long term aspirin, or
- have a cochlear implant, or
- errors of metabolism at risk of major metabolic decompensation, or
- pre and post splenectomy, or
- down syndrome, or
- are pregnant (any trimester); or
- children aged four years and under who have been hospitalised for respiratory illness or have a history of significant respiratory illness;
Unless meeting the criteria set out above, the following conditions are excluded from funding:
- asthma not requiring regular preventative therapy,
- hypertension and/or dyslipidaemia without evidence of end-organ disease.
*Please note flu vaccines are only free to those who are eligible for Health Benefits. Please click here to see whether you are eligible.