COVID-19 Vaccination Rates by Global Universal Health Care Coverage Status

Authors

  • Deepa Dongarwar Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Hamisu M Salihu Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21106/ijtmrph.328

Keywords:

  • COVID-19,
  • Coronavirus; vaccination,
  • Universal Health,
  • Healthcare,
  • Insurance,
  • Coverage

Abstract

Healthcare coverage and the type of insurance have always played huge roles in public health outcomes. With coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination now available across the world, we sought to determine vaccination rates across countries with Universal Health Care (UHC) coverage versus those without. We utilized the vaccination information from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations website, and calculated early vaccination rate for each country as of January, 13, 2021 by dividing the total number of vaccinations given to the total population of the country. We observed that the average early vaccination rate for countries with UHC was 1.55%, whereas that for countries without UHC was 0.51%. Countries with UHC are performing much better than those without UHC in this initial race for providing herd immunity across the globe.

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Published

2021-03-06
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How to Cite

Dongarwar, D., & Salihu, H. M. (2021). COVID-19 Vaccination Rates by Global Universal Health Care Coverage Status. International Journal of Translational Medical Research and Public Health, 5(1), 33–36. https://doi.org/10.21106/ijtmrph.328

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021): The International Journal of Translational Medical Research and Public Health (IJTMRPH)

Section

SHORT RESEARCH COMMUNICATION | VACCINATION

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Copyright © 2021 Deepa Dongarwar, Hamisu M Salihu. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc., USA.

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