Variation in COVID-19 booster uptake in England: An ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Variable and low uptake of the COVID-19 booster is a recognised problem, associated with individual characteristics including age, gender, ethnicity, and deprivation. Are there other relevant predictors at area level?

Methods

Anonymous grouped data was downloaded from the UK Government Coronavirus Dashboard for Middle Super Output Areas (MSOA) in England, along with demographic, employment, and health data from public sources. Mixed models with a random intercept for Upper Tier Local Authority were analysed as quasibinomial Generalized Additive Models. The estimated random effects were then fitted with Bayesian linear mixed models using flu vaccination uptake, change in public health budgets, population proportion of vaccination sites at pharmacies, GP-led, vacc

SUBMITTER: Dropkin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9242486 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature