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. 2024 Jan 19;2:1332616. doi: 10.3389/frtra.2023.1332616

Table 2.

Policies for COVID-19 vaccination showed that transplant patients and health care workers were prioritized in the vast majority of centers without a specific restriction for the type of vaccine and promoting a booster dose and other vaccines (e.g flu).

Proportion [95% Conf. interval]
Categories of prioritized access Transplant patients 0.768 0.410 0.941
Health care workers 0.862 0.673 0.950
Co-habitants/life 0.262 0.129 0.460
Other categories 0.135 0.090 0.198
Type of vaccine recommended No specific restrictions 0.698 0.436 0.874
Only mRNA vaccines 0.302 0.126 0.564
Booster (third) dose 0.805 0.352 0.969
Barriers for vaccination administration Presence of any of the follow 0.318 0.143 0.564
Patient's fear 0.894 0.488 0.987
Regional or National Public health policy 0.357 0.260 0.467
Age 0.146 0.035 0.444
Logistics/Organization 0.106 0.019 0.421
Funding 0.048 0.003 0.423
Others 0.265 0.126 0.476
Facility ordering the vaccination Health-care authorities 0.619 0.315 0.851
Primary care physician 0.129 0.030 0.411
Transplant provider 0.253 0.092 0.529
Other vaccines (flu, etc.) routinely recommended Routinely recommended 0.894 0.637 0.976
Provided by Primary Care Clinic 0.432 0.214 0.681
Provided by Transplant Center 0.568 0.319 0.786