January 25, 2021

Assessment of U.S. Health Care Personnel (HCP) Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination in a Large University Health Care System

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Vaccines and Immunity

Keywords (Tags): health care workers

Self-reported willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine differed by hospital role among US healthcare workers (n=5287), with physicians and research scientists reporting the highest acceptance (80.4%). 33.6% of registered nurses, 31.6% of allied health professionals, and 32% of master’s level clinicians were unsure if they would get the vaccine. Fewer direct care (54.0%) than non-care providers (62.4%) indicated they would get the vaccine, and fewer people who had provided care for COVID patients (52.0%) than those who had not (60.6%) indicated willingness to be vaccinated. 

Shaw et al. (Jan 25, 2021). Assessment of U.S. Health Care Personnel (HCP) Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination in a Large University Health Care System. Clinical Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab054