Association Between State-Issued COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates and Vaccine Administration Rates in 12 US States and the District of Columbia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Some US states have issued COVID-19 vaccine mandates; however, the association of these mandates with vaccination rates remains unknown.

Objective

To examine the association between announcing state-issued COVID-19 vaccine mandates that did not provide a test-out option for workers and the vaccine administration rates in terms of state-level first-dose vaccine administration and series completion coverage.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used publicly available, state-level aggregated panel data to fit linear regression models with 2-way fixed effects (state and time) estimating vaccine coverage changes 8 weeks before and 8 weeks after a state-issued COVID-19 vaccine mandate was announced. Mandates were announced on or after Jul

SUBMITTER: Howard-Williams M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9617176 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature