The Benefits To All Of Ensuring Equal And Timely Access To Influenza Vaccines In Poor Communities
| Autor: | Shanta M. Zimmer, Ronald E. Voorhees, Richard K. Zimmerman, Margaret A. Potter, John J. Grefenstette, Bruce Y. Lee, Sandra Crouse Quinn, William D. Wheaton, Philip C. Cooley, Donald S. Burke, Rachel R. Bailey, Sarah M. McGlone, Shawn T. Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Economic growth
medicine.disease_cause Health Services Accessibility Article law.invention Influenza A Virus H1N1 Subtype law Poverty Areas Environmental health Influenza Human Influenza A virus medicine Humans Computer Simulation Justice (ethics) Immunization Programs Extramural business.industry Health Policy Limiting Metropolitan area Vaccination Transmission (mechanics) Incentive Socioeconomic Factors Influenza Vaccines District of Columbia business |
| Zdroj: | Health Affairs. 30:1141-1150 |
| ISSN: | 1544-5208 0278-2715 |
| Popis: | When influenza vaccines are in short supply, allocating vaccines equitably among different jurisdictions can be challenging. But justice is not the only reason to ensure that poorer counties have the same access to influenza vaccines as do wealthier ones. Using a detailed computer simulation model of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region, we found that limiting or delaying vaccination of residents of poorer counties could raise the total number of influenza infections and the number of new infections per day at the peak of an epidemic throughout the region—even in the wealthier counties that had received more timely and abundant vaccine access. Among other underlying reasons, poorer counties tend to have high-density populations and more children and other higher-risk people per household, resulting in more interactions and both increased transmission of influenza and greater risk for worse influenza outcomes. Thus, policy makers across the country, in poor and wealthy areas alike, have an incentive to ensure that poorer residents have equal access to vaccines. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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