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. 2022 Aug:28:101849.
doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101849. Epub 2022 May 31.

Primary care professionals' support for Covid-19 vaccination mandates: Findings from a US national survey

Brigid K Grabert  1   2 , Melissa B Gilkey  1   2 , Qian Huang  2 , Wei Yi Kong  2 , Peyton Thompson  3 , Noel T Brewer  1   2
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Primary care professionals' support for Covid-19 vaccination mandates: Findings from a US national survey

Brigid K Grabert et al. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

Healthcare organizations have been early adopters of Covid-19 vaccine mandates as a strategy to end the pandemic. We sought to evaluate support for such mandates among pediatric primary care professionals (PCPs) in the United States. In February-March 2021, we conducted a national online survey of 1,047 PCPs (71% physicians). We used multivariable logistic regression to assess correlates of PCPs' support for Covid-19 vaccine mandates for health care workers. Most PCPs supported Covid-19 vaccine mandates for health care workers (83%). PCPs were more likely to support mandates if they perceived health care workers to be at highest risk of getting Covid-19 compared to other worker types (8 percentage points, p < 0.01). PCPs were also more likely to support mandates if their clinic recommended or required vaccination (11 percentage points and 20 percentage points respectively, both p < 0.01). However, PCPs were less likely to support mandates if their clinic offered incentives to vaccinate (10 percentage points, p < 0.05). Clinic recommendations and requirements for Covid-19 vaccination may increase support for mandates. Incentives may decrease support, perhaps by creating the perception that viable alternatives to mandates exist.

Keywords: Covid-19; Incentive; Primary care; Vaccine mandate.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Support of Covid-19 vaccine mandates for workers and perceived risk of their getting and transmitting the disease aPercentages do not add to 100% due to respondents selecting “none of these” for getting Covid-19 (n = 14, 1.34%) and transmitting Covid-19 (n = 26, 2.48%), not shown.
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