An ecological association of number of civil servants and physicians with prefectural-level rapid COVID-19 vaccination of older people in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Civil servants and physicians play an important role in combating COVID-19. However, it is unclear whether the number of civil servants and physicians is associated with rapid COVID-19 vaccine uptake among older people (i.e., smoother rollout of priority vaccination for older people).

Methods

Using Poisson regression models of the generalized estimating equations, we examined the ecological association of the number of civil servants and physicians with prefectural-level rapid COVID-19 vaccination in older people. Prefectural-level data were based on publicly available government surveys. The outcome variable was the proportion of fully vaccinated people aged 65 and older on the day with the largest standard deviation across 47 prefectures (i.e., July 6, 2021). Th

SUBMITTER: Tomioka K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106328 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature