Association of State COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates With Staff Vaccination Coverage and Staffing Shortages in US Nursing Homes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Several states implemented COVID-19 vaccine mandates for nursing home employees, which may have improved vaccine coverage but may have had the unintended consequence of staff departures.

Objective

To assess whether state vaccine mandates for US nursing home employees are associated with staff vaccination rates and reported staff shortages.

Design setting and participants

This cohort study performed event study analyses using National Healthcare Safety Network data from June 6, 2021, through November 14, 2021. Changes in weekly staff vaccination rates and reported staffing shortages were evaluated for nursing homes in states with mandates after the mandate announcement compared with changes in facilities in nonmandate states. An interaction between the manda

SUBMITTER: McGarry BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9338409 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature