Duffy, C, Newing, A orcid.org/0000-0002-3222-6640 and Górska, J (2022) Evaluating the Geographical Accessibility and Equity of COVID-19 Vaccination Sites in England. Vaccines, 10 (1). 50. ISSN 2076-393X
Abstract
We assess the geographical accessibility of COVID-19 vaccination sites—including mass vaccination centers and community-level provision—in England utilizing open data from NHS England and detailed routing data from HERE Technologies. We aim to uncover inequity in vaccination site accessibility, highlighting small-area inequality hidden by coverage figures released by the NHS. Vaccination site accessibility measures are constructed at a neighborhood level using indicators of journey time by private and public transport. We identify inequity in vaccination-site accessibility at the neighborhood level, driven by region of residence, mode of transport (specifically availability of private transport), rural-urban geography and the availability of GP-led services. We find little evidence that accessibility to COVID-19 vaccination sites is related to underlying area-based deprivation. We highlight the importance of GP-led provision in maintaining access to vaccination services at a local level and reflect on this in the context of phase 3 of the COVID-19 vaccination programme (booster jabs) and other mass vaccination programmes.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | COVID-19 vaccination programme; geographical coverage; vaccination site accessibility; NHS; HERE Technologies |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2022 10:23 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2022 10:23 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/vaccines10010050 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:182771 |