Ranking the relative importance of COVID-19 vaccination strategies in Canada: a priority-setting exercise.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When vaccine supplies are anticipated to be limited, necessitating the vaccination of certain groups earlier than others, the assessment of values and preferences of stakeholders is an important component of an ethically sound vaccine prioritization framework. The objective of this study was to conduct a priority-setting exercise to establish an expert stakeholder perspective on the relative importance of COVID-19 vaccination strategies in Canada.

Methods

The priority-setting exercise included a survey of stakeholders that was conducted from July 22 to Aug. 14, 2020. Stakeholders included clinical and public health expert groups, provincial and territorial committees and national Indigenous groups, patient and community advocacy representatives and experts, health

SUBMITTER: Zhao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8428895 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature