{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Cheng Z"],"funding":["NIA NIH HHS","NIMH NIH HHS"],"pagination":["2638-2645"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9348368"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["70(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Older adults have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the widespread availability and proved effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, the issue of inequity in vaccine uptake in the United States is a potential concern among different populations. This study examined racial and ethnic and income disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rate among Medicare beneficiaries.<h4>Methods</h4>Data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) COVID-19 Winter 2021 Community Supplement were employed (n = 9606 Medicare beneficiaries, weighted N = 50,512,963). We fitted a logistic regression model to determine the association of vaccination status with beneficiary race and ethnicity and income, after controlled for a set of beneficiary characteristics.<h4>Results</h4>Compared with non-Hispanic White respondents, Hispanic respondents (OR = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.54-0.96, p = 0.02) and Black respondents (OR = 0.84, 95% CI: 0.67-1.04, p = 0.11) were less likely to receive COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, the likelihood of COVID-19 vaccine uptake for beneficiaries who earn less than $25,000 per year was more than 50% lower than that for those whose annual income was $25,000 or more (OR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.37-0.53, p < 0.0001).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Racial and ethnic and income disparities exist in COVID-19 vaccination rate among Medicare beneficiaries nationally. Community-based strategies to boost vaccine uptake may target racial and ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups to reduce such disparities."],"journal":["Journal of the American Geriatrics Society"],"pubmed_title":["Racial and ethnic and income disparities in COVID-19 vaccination among Medicare beneficiaries."],"pmcid":["PMC9348368"],"funding_grant_id":["RF1 MH117528","R01 AG069733"],"pubmed_authors":["Li Y","Cheng Z"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Racial and ethnic and income disparities in COVID-19 vaccination among Medicare beneficiaries.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Older adults have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the widespread availability and proved effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, the issue of inequity in vaccine uptake in the United States is a potential concern among different populations. This study examined racial and ethnic and income disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rate among Medicare beneficiaries.<h4>Methods</h4>Data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) COVID-19 Winter 2021 Community Supplement were employed (n = 9606 Medicare beneficiaries, weighted N = 50,512,963). We fitted a logistic regression model to determine the association of vaccination status with beneficiary race and ethnicity and income, after controlled for a set of beneficiary characteristics.<h4>Results</h4>Compared with non-Hispanic White respondents, Hispanic respondents (OR = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.54-0.96, p = 0.02) and Black respondents (OR = 0.84, 95% CI: 0.67-1.04, p = 0.11) were less likely to receive COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, the likelihood of COVID-19 vaccine uptake for beneficiaries who earn less than $25,000 per year was more than 50% lower than that for those whose annual income was $25,000 or more (OR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.37-0.53, p < 0.0001).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Racial and ethnic and income disparities exist in COVID-19 vaccination rate among Medicare beneficiaries nationally. Community-based strategies to boost vaccine uptake may target racial and ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups to reduce such disparities.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Sep","modification":"2026-03-27T16:26:16.053Z","creation":"2025-04-05T08:55:52.317Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9348368","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35639044"],"doi":["10.1111/jgs.17920"]}}