Association of Nursing Home Characteristics With Staff and Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Brian E McGarry; Karen Shen; Michael L Barnett; David C Grabowski; Ashvin D Gandhi

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5890

Association of Nursing Home Characteristics With Staff and Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Dec 1;181(12):1670-1672. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5890.

Authors

Brian E McGarry¹, Karen Shen², Michael L Barnett^{3

4}, David C Grabowski⁵, Ashvin D Gandhi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatrics and Aging, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
² Department of Economics, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines associations of nursing home characteristics with COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing home staff and residents.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 Vaccines / administration & dosage*
Female
Health Personnel
Homes for the Aged
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing Homes
Nursing Staff / psychology*
SARS-CoV-2
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Vaccination / psychology*
Vaccination Coverage / statistics & numerical data*

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines

Grants and funding

K23 AG058806/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States