{"id":15354,"date":"2021-10-05T11:31:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=15354"},"modified":"2021-10-05T11:46:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:46:13","slug":"associations-between-county-level-vaccination-rates-and-covid-19-outcomes-among-medicare-beneficiaries-u-s-department-of-health-and-human-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2021\/10\/05\/associations-between-county-level-vaccination-rates-and-covid-19-outcomes-among-medicare-beneficiaries-u-s-department-of-health-and-human-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Associations Between County-level Vaccination Rates and COVID-19 Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Associations Between County-level Vaccination Rates and COVID-19 Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries<\/h1>\n
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PUBLICATION DATE<\/div>\n

October 5, 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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AUTHORS<\/div>\n

Lok Wong Samson, Wafa Tarazi, E. John Orav, Steven Sheingold, Nancy De Lew, and Benjamin D. Sommers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services<\/a><\/div>\n
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The purpose of this study<\/a> is to identify associations between COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths among Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries and the proportion of the population fully vaccinated at the county-level between January and May 2021.<\/div>\n
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We do so by using a combination of person-level Medicare FFS claims and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data on county-level vaccination rates. Based on these results, we then estimated the net reduction in infections, hospitalizations, and deaths among all 62.7 million Medicare beneficiaries associated with the first 5 months of the U.S.\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.<\/div>\n
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Our results indicate that COVID-19 vaccinations from January until May 2021 were associated with an estimated reduction of more than 265,000 COVID-19 infections and nearly 39,000 deaths among Medicare beneficiaries.<\/div>\n
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PDF: Associations Between County-level Vaccination Rates and COVID-19 Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries (pdf, 978.63 KB)<\/a><\/div>\n
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New ASPE Report: \u201cAssociations Between County-level Vaccination Rates & COVID-19 Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries.\u201d Vaccinations in January-May 2021 were linked to about 265,000 fewer #COVID19<\/a> infections & 39,000 fewer deaths in Medicare. https:\/\/t.co\/TIi7HTtUPi<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Aw1fIWLYQO<\/a><\/p>\n

— HHS_ASPE (@HHS_ASPE) October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n