COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy Left Small Primary Care Practices On The Sidelines

Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Aug;42(8):1147-1151. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00114.

Abstract

We report on the experience of small primary care practices participating in a national clinical registry with COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination data. At the end of 2021, 11.2 percent of these practices' 3.9 million patients had records of COVID-19 vaccination; 43.1 percent of clinics had no record of patients' COVID-19 vaccinations, but 93.4 percent of clinics had provided or recorded other routine vaccinations.

Keywords: primary care, COVID-19, vaccinations, health policy,.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 Vaccines*
  • COVID-19* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Primary Health Care
  • Vaccination

Substances

  • COVID-19 Vaccines