Divergent COVID-19 vaccine policies: Policy mapping of ten European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fragmented nature of governmental policy decisions in Europe. However, the extent to which COVID-19 vaccination policies differed between European countries remains unclear. Here, we mapped the COVID-19 vaccination policies that were in effect in January 2022 as well as booster regulations in April 2022 in Austria, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain.

Methods

National public health and health policy experts from these ten European nations developed and completed an electronic questionnaire. The questionnaire included a series of questions that addressed six critical components of vaccine implementation, including (1) authorization, (2) prioritization, (3) procurement and distri

SUBMITTER: van Kessel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030332 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature