In a study in PLOS Medicine, Inmaculada Hernandez, associate professor of clinical pharmacy at UCSD, quantified the disparities in the early distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to health care facilities across the country.
In a study published Thursday in PLOS Medicine, Inmaculada Hernandez, associate professor of clinical pharmacy at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UCSD, quantified the disparities in the early distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to health care facilities across the country.
According to the researchers, previous studies of vaccine accessibility had not distinguished whether lower access in underserved neighborhoods was a product of the lower concentration of health care facilities in these areas or of inequities in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to each health care facility.
The team focused on the initial phase of vaccine rollout, using data from May 2021 when states were officially required to make vaccines available to the public. Facilities in counties with a high proportion of Black people were less likely to serve as COVID-19 vaccine administration locations compared to facilities in counties with a low proportion of Black people. This was particularly the case in metropolitan areas, where facilities in urban counties with large Black populations had 32% lower odds of administering vaccines compared to facilities in urban counties with small Black populations.
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