ArticleNature medicine2021
Equitable allocation of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States.
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61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Developing an intuitive decision support system for equitable vaccine distribution during pandemics.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- The integration of health equity into policy to reduce disparities: Lessons from California during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Trusted Sources of Information and COVID-19 Vaccination Among Black Adults in Chicago.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2024Article
- Incorporating social determinants of health into transmission modeling of COVID-19 vaccine in the US: a scoping review.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
- Identification of factors associated with opioid-related and hepatitis C virus-related hospitalisations at the ZIP code area level in the USA: an ecological and modelling study.The Lancet. Public health · 2024Article
- Spatial Interaction Analysis of Infectious Disease Import and Export between Regions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Many vaccine rationing guidelines urge planners to recognize, and ideally reduce, inequities. In the United States, allocation frameworks are determined by each of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 64 jurisdictions (50 states, the District of Columbia, five cities and eight territories). In this study, we analyzed vaccine allocation plans published by 8 November 2020, tracking updates through to 30 March 2021. We evaluated whether jurisdictions adopted proposals to reduce inequity using disadvantage indices and related place-based measures. By 30 March 2021, 14 jurisdictions had prioritized specific zip codes in combination with metrics such as COVID-19 incidence, and 37 jurisdictions (including 34 states) had adopted disadvantage indices, compared to 19 jurisdictions in November 2020. Uptake of indices doubled from 7 to 14 among the jurisdictions with the largest shares of disadvantaged communities. Five applications were distinguished: (1) prioritizing disadvantaged groups through increased shares of vaccines or vaccination appointments; (2) defining priority groups or areas; (3) tailoring outreach and communication; (4) planning the location of dispensing sites; and (5) monitoring receipt. To ensure that equity features centrally in allocation plans, policymakers at the federal, state and local levels should universalize the uptake of disadvantage indices and related place-based measures.
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