Evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine implementation in a large safety net health system.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate rapid COVID-19 vaccine clinic implementation from January-April 2021 in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LACDHS), the second-largest US safety net health system. During initial vaccine clinic implementation, LACDHS vaccinated 59,898 outpatients, 69% of whom were Latinx (exceeding the LA County Latinx population of 46%). LACDHS is a unique safety net setting to evaluate rapid vaccine implementation due to system size, geographic breadth, language/racial/ethnic diversity, limited health staffing resources, and socioeconomic complexity of patients.

Methods

Implementation factors were assessed through semi-structured interviews of staff from all twelve LACDHS vaccine clinics from August-November 2021 using the Consolidated Framework fo

SUBMITTER: Chen JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277563 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature