ArticleBMJ open2022
Race and resource allocation: an online survey of US and UK adults' attitudes toward COVID-19 ventilator and vaccine distribution.
Article in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Resource allocation decisions faced by health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in a community intensive care unit in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2026Article
- The spatial effects and influencing factors of inter-provincial health resource allocation efficiency in China.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Collective Reflective Equilibrium, Algorithmic Bioethics and Complex Ethics.Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees · 2025Article
- COVID-19 booster prioritization in the West Bank: a survey experiment among Bedouins, refugees, and the majority group.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Race and resource allocation: an online survey of US and UK adults' attitudes toward COVID-19 ventilator and vaccine distribution.BMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to assess US/UK adults' attitudes towards COVID-19 ventilator and vaccine allocation.
designOnline survey including US and UK adults, sampled to be representative for sex, age, race, household income and employment. A total of 2580 participated (women=1289, age range=18 to 85 years, Black American=114, BAME=138).
interventionsParticipants were asked to allocate ventilators or vaccines in scenarios involving individuals or groups with different medical risk and additional risk factors.
resultsParticipant race did not impact vaccine or ventilator allocation decisions in the USA, but did impact ventilator allocation attitudes in the UK (
conclusionsAlthough living in countries with high racial inequality during a pandemic, most US and UK adults in our survey allocated ventilators and vaccines preferentially to those with the highest chance of survival or highest chance of severe illness. Race of recipient led to vaccine prioritisation in cases where risk of illness was similar.
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