COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Residents and Staff Members of Assisted Living and Residential Care Communities-Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, December 2020-April 2021.
J Am Med Dir Assoc
; 22(10): 2016-2020.e2, 2021 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1440150
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
In December 2020, CDC launched the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program to facilitate COVID-19 vaccination of residents and staff in long-term care facilities (LTCFs), including assisted living (AL) and other residential care (RC) communities. We aimed to assess vaccine uptake in these communities and identify characteristics that might impact uptake.DESIGN:
Cross-sectional study. SETTING ANDPARTICIPANTS:
AL/RC communities in the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program that had ≥1 on-site vaccination clinic during December 18, 2020-April 21, 2021.METHODS:
We estimated uptake using the cumulative number of doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered and normalizing by the number of AL/RC community beds. We estimated the percentage of residents vaccinated in 3 states using AL census counts. We linked community vaccine administration data with county-level social vulnerability index (SVI) measures to calculate median vaccine uptake by SVI tertile.RESULTS:
In AL communities, a median of 67 residents [interquartile range (IQR) 48-90] and 32 staff members (IQR 15-60) per 100 beds received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the first on-site clinic; in RC, a median of 8 residents (IQR 5-10) and 5 staff members (IQR 2-12) per 10 beds received a first dose. Among 3 states with available AL resident census data, median resident first-dose uptake at the first clinic was 93% (IQR 85-108) in Connecticut, 85% in Georgia (IQR 70-102), and 78% (IQR 56-91) in Tennessee. Among both residents and staff, cumulative first-dose vaccine uptake increased with increasing social vulnerability related to housing type and transportation. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS COVID-19 vaccination of residents and staff in LTCFs is a public health priority. On-site clinics may help to increase vaccine uptake, particularly when transportation may be a barrier. Ensuring steady access to COVID-19 vaccine in LTCFs following the conclusion of the Pharmacy Partnership is critical to maintaining high vaccination coverage among residents and staff.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pharmacy
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
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Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Am Med Dir Assoc
Journal subject:
History of Medicine
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Medicine
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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