COVID-19 Vaccination Site Accessibility, United States, December 11, 2020–March 29, 2022

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Yee, Randy ; Carranza, David ; Kim, Christine ; Trinidad, James Phillip ; Tobias, James L. ; Bhatkoti, Roma ; Kuwabara, Sachiko
• Description:
  During December 11, 2020-March 29, 2022, the US government delivered ≈700 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to vaccination sites, resulting in vaccination of ≈75% of US adults during that period. We evaluated accessibility of vaccination sites. Sites were accessible by walking within 15 minutes by 46.6% of persons, 30 minutes by 74.8%, 45 minutes by 82.8%, and 60 minutes by 86.7%. When limited to populations in counties with high social vulnerability, accessibility by walking was 55.3%, 81.1%, 86.7%, and 89.4%, respectively. By driving, lowest accessibility was 96.5% at 15 minutes. For urban/rural categories, the 15-minute walking accessibility between noncore and large central metropolitan areas ranged from 27.2% to 65.1%; driving accessibility was 79.9% to 99.5%. By 30 minutes driving accessibility for all urban/rural categories was >95.9%. Walking time variations across jurisdictions and between urban/rural areas indicate that potential gains could have been made by improving walkability or making transportation more readily available.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccines Health Services Accessibility Rural Population SARS-CoV-2 Urban Population Vaccination Walking
• Keywords:
  2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease Accessibility Coronavirus Disease GIS Analysis Respiratory Infections Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Social Vulnerability Index United States Vaccination Sites Vaccine Viruses Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(5):947-955
• Pubmed ID:
  38666615
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11060460
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4a7651a541ca620fe9644a6b1c84a8dda78ee57d22aa6e33a30aabcd4232e1ed
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/154852/cdc_154852_DS1.pdf
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