Table 2.
Healthcare capacity comparisons between low-vaccination (vaccination rate county median ≤ 50%) and high-vaccination (>50%) areas.
Index | Low vaccination coverage (95% confidence interval) | High vaccination coverage (95% confidence interval) | p value |
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Resource-Constrained Health System | 0.50 (0.48–0.52) | 0.37 (0.35–0.38) | <0.001 |
Healthcare Access Barriers | 0.55 (0.53–0.57) | 0.39 (0.38–0.41) | <0.001 |
Social Vulnerability | 0.53 (0.52–0.56) | 0.44 (0.42–0.46) | <0.001 |
Vaccine hesitancy | 0.22 (0.21–0.23) | 0.17 (0.16–0.18) | <0.001 |
Medical doctors per 1000 people | 0.19 (0.18–0.20) | 0.81 (0.76–0.85) | <0.001 |
Intensive care unit beds per 1000 people | 0.12 (0.11–0.14) | 0.18 (0.17–0.19) | <0.001 |