Relationships between social vulnerability and COVID-19 vaccination coverage and vaccine effectiveness.
Alexandra F DaltonZachary A WeberKatie S AllenEdward StenehjemStephanie A IrvingTalia L SparkKatherine AdamsOusseny ZerboVictoria LazariuBrian E DixonKristin DascombEmily HartmannAnupam B KharbandaToan C OngMalini B DeSilvaMaura BeatonManjusha GaglaniPalak PatelAllison L NalewayMagdalene N Sam KishShaun J GrannisNancy GriselChantel D SloanSuchitra RaoChandni RaiyaniMonica DickersonElizabeth BassettWilliam F FadelJulie ArndorferJuan NanezMichelle A BarronGabriela Vazquez-BenitezI-Chia LiaoEric P GriggsSarah E ReeseNimish R ValviKempapura MurthyElizabeth A K RowleyPeter J EmbiSarah BallRuth Link-GellesMark W TenfordePublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
COVID-19 vaccination coverage varied substantially by SVI. Differences in VE estimates by SVI were minimal across groups after adjusting for baseline patient factors. However, lower vaccination coverage among more socially vulnerable groups means that the burden of illness is still disproportionately borne by the most socially vulnerable populations.