Evaluation of Health Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plans in the United States

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2115653. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.15653.

Authors

Amber Hardeman¹, Taylor Wong², Joshua L Denson³, Radu Postelnicu², Juan C Rojas⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, New York.
³ Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Environmental Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates measures of health equity in COVID-19 vaccination plans in the 50 US states and Washington, DC.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 Vaccines / supply & distribution*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Health Equity*
Humans
United States

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines

Grants and funding