Measuring COVID-19 vaccination coverage: an enhanced age-adjusted two-step floating catchment area model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are only limited studies on access to COVID-19 vaccines and identifying the most appropriate health centres for performing vaccination in metropolitan areas. This study aimed to measure potential spatial access to COVID-19 vaccination centres in Mashhad, the second-most populous city in Iran.

Methods

The 2021 age structure of the urban census tracts was integrated into the enhanced two-step floating catchment area model to improve accuracy. The model was developed based on three different access scenarios: only public hospitals, only public healthcare centres and both (either hospitals or healthcare centres) as potential vaccination facilities. The weighted decision-matrix and analytic hierarchy process, based on four criteria (i.e. service area, accessibili

SUBMITTER: Mohammadi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8443959 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature