March 29, 2021

Counties with Lower Insurance Coverage Are Associated with Both Slower Vaccine Rollout and Higher COVID-19 Incidence across the United States

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Vaccines and Immunity

Keywords (Tags): disparities, vaccine

• [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] US counties with high levels of uninsured individuals had significantly lower COVID-19 vaccination rates and tended to have the highest COVID-19 incidence rates in March 2021 relative to December 2020, according to an analysis of data from over 1,500 counties (228 million individuals). Counties with higher percentages of Black and Hispanic individuals also had significantly lower vaccination rates, and smaller declines in COVID-incidence rates.

Lindemer et al. (Mar 26, 2021). Counties with Lower Insurance Coverage Are Associated with Both Slower Vaccine Rollout and Higher COVID-19 Incidence across the United States. Pre-print downloaded Mar 29 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.24.21254270