Characteristics Associated With Homebound Vaccination Against COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Homebound patients are older and suffer from multiple comorbidities, and many experienced difficulties getting vaccinated because of their inability to routinely leave the home due to health and function. Home-based primary care (HBPC) programs offer vaccination at home to reach this high-risk population. We evaluated an urban HBPC program's COVID-19 vaccination campaign to explore whether home-based vaccination can reduce inequity in vaccine administration or improve vaccine efforts.

Design

We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine characteristics of homebound patients who were vaccinated through an HBPC program or were vaccinated elsewhere.

Setting and participants

We analyzed 795 patients enrolled in the HBPC program who were eligible for vaccinati

SUBMITTER: Ren J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11660415 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature