Few unvaccinated adults have talked to their doctors about the COVID-19 vaccines: findings from the April 2021 Health Reform Monitoring Survey
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Karpman, Michael, author Zuckerman, Stephen, author
- Contributor(s):
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body. Urban Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Urban Institute, May 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- COVID-19 Vaccines -- supply & distribution Health Communication Physician-Patient Relations Vaccination Refusal -- statistics & numerical data United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Though more than half of US adults have received a COVID-19 vaccine, the slowing pace of vaccinations hampers efforts to contain the pandemic. Many adults remain skeptical of the vaccines’ benefits and concerned about their risks. In response, federal and state officials are using new strategies to overcome hesitancy toward and expand access to the vaccines, including marketing campaigns, cash incentives for vaccinated people, and additional walk-in vaccination sites. Efforts are also underway to increase vaccine distribution through health clinics and other primary care providers, who are among the most trusted sources of information on the vaccines. In this study, however, we find that few unvaccinated adults had received information about the vaccines from their health care providers as of April 2021. Our analysis uses data from the Urban Institute’s Health Reform Monitoring Survey, a nationally representative survey of more than 9,000 adults ages 18 to 64 conducted between April 2 and 20, 2021.5 Some states had already expanded vaccine eligibility to all residents ages 16 and older before April 2, and the remainder did so by April 19. The survey asked participants about their uptake of and perceived eligibility for the vaccines and whether they had attempted to get vaccinated, either by trying to schedule an appointment or visiting a drop-in site. This brief focuses on adults who reported they were eligible for a vaccine but had not tried to get one.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (10 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918316588306676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918316588306676