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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2024 Jun;43(6):883–891. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00032

Exhibit 1:

Characteristics of PWID receiving COVID-19 vaccination, infectious disease testing, or both at the Baltimore City Health Department Syringe Services Program April 2021-June 2022

Total Infectious disease testing only COVID-19 vaccine only Both services
Characteristics n=347 n=129 n=145 n=73

n % n % n % n %

Age (Mean, SD) 5 13 49 12.5 51 13 50 13

Gender

Female 108 31% 46 36% 47 32% 15 20%

Male 239 69% 83 64% 98 68% 58 80%

Race

Black 265 76% 89 69% 123 85% 53 73%

White 51 15% 19 15% 15 10% 17 23%

Other 16 5% 11 8% 2 2% 3 4%

Not specified 15 4% 10 8% 5 3% 0 0%

Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino 9 3% 4 3% 3 2% 2 3%

Non-Hispanic or Latino 323 93% 115 89% 137 95% 71 97%

Not specified 15 4% 10 8% 5 3% 0 0%

Insurance

Insured 138 40% 0 0% 82 57% 56 77%

Uninsured 80 23% 0 0% 63 43% 17 23%

Not specified 129 37% 129 100% 0 0% 0 0%

Notes: All values are number and percent except for Age, which is mean and standard deviation.

Sources: Author’s analysis of linked abstracted data from the electronic health record where COVID-19 vaccine data was entered and the CAREWare database (the software maintained by the Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program). Please list the other data sources here