Evaluating the Geographical Accessibility and Equity of COVID-19 Vaccination Sites in England.

ABSTRACT: We assess the geographical accessibility of COVID-19 vaccination sites-including mass vaccination centers and community-level provision-in England utilizing open data from NHS England and detailed routing data from HERE Technologies. We aim to uncover inequity in vaccination site accessibility, highlighting small-area inequality hidden by coverage figures released by the NHS. Vaccination site accessibility measures are constructed at a neighborhood level using indicators of journey time by private and public transport. We identify inequity in vaccination-site accessibility at the neighborhood level, driven by region of residence, mode of transport (specifically availability of private transport), rural-urban geography and the availability of GP-led services. We find little evidence that ac

SUBMITTER: Duffy C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8781430 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature