Racial, Ethnic, and Rural Disparities in U.S. Veteran COVID-19 Vaccine Rates

• Main Authors: Ethan L. Bernstein, MD (Author), Eric C. DeRycke, MPH (Author), Ling Han, MD, PhD (Author), Melissa M. Farmer, PhD (Author), Lori A. Bastian, MD (Author), Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, MD (Author), Brett Bade, MD (Author), Cynthia Brandt, MD, MPH (Author), Kristina Crothers, MD (Author), Melissa Skanderson, MSW (Author), Christopher Ruser, MD (Author), Juliette Spelman, MD (Author), Isabel S. Bazan, MD (Author), Amy C. Justice, MD, PhD (Author), Christopher T. Rentsch, PhD (Author), Kathleen M. Akgün, MD, MS (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Race-, ethnicity-, and rurality-related disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake have been documented in the U.S. We determined whether these disparities existed among patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the largest healthcare system in the U.S. Methods: Using Department of V...