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ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2022

Vaccinating Veterans for COVID-19 at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Claudia Der-Martirosian, William Neil Steers, Heather Northcraft, Karen Chu, Aram Dobalian

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Article in American journal of preventive medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Claudia Der-MartirosianVeterans Emergency Management Center (VEMEC), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, North Hills, California. Electronic address: claudia.der-martirosian@va.gov.
William Neil SteersVeterans Emergency Management Center (VEMEC), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, North Hills, California; Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Heather NorthcraftVeterans Emergency Management Center (VEMEC), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, North Hills, California.
Karen ChuVeterans Emergency Management Center (VEMEC), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, North Hills, California.
Aram DobalianVeterans Emergency Management Center (VEMEC), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, North Hills, California; Division of Health Systems Management and Policy, School of Public Health, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee.
United States Department of Veterans Affairs · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWith the COVID-19 (most recent) Omicron variant surge across the U.S., more research is needed to better understand how vaccination and booster uptake can be increased. COVID-19 vaccinations have proven to help decrease the likelihood of becoming seriously ill, getting hospitalized, or dying. Studies examining patient characteristics of individuals who received COVID-19 vaccinations are limited. This study examines the patient characteristics of veterans who were vaccinated during the first 8 months (December 2020-July 2021) of the vaccination rollout at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

methodsUsing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs administrative and clinical data, bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to determine sociodemographic and health factors associated with the likelihood of receiving COVID-19 vaccination at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

resultsThe analytic sample included 5,914,741 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs users (49.7% vaccinated). Among the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities nationwide, COVID-19 vaccination rates (≥1 dose) varied from 33.9% to 73.7%. Veterans who were non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan natives, younger, living in rural areas, male, and unmarried; had U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health insurance only; had fewer chronic conditions; did not receive the seasonal influenza vaccine; and were not living in community living centers or nursing homes were less likely to get vaccinated.

conclusionsUnderstanding which groups of veterans are less likely to be vaccinated allows the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to develop targeted interventions to improve uptake in these groups. These results can also guide non-U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs organizations to create evidence-based educational outreach programs that reduce vaccine hesitancy among veterans who do not use U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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COVID-19VeteransCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansMaleSARS-CoV-2United StatesCOVID-19 Vaccines

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PMID35184947
PMCPMC8806154
OpenAlexW4210455608

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