Vaccine fatigue and influenza vaccination trends across Pre-, Peri-, and Post-COVID-19 periods in the United States using epic’s cosmos database
Post-pandemic influenza vaccination compliance decreased relative to pre-pandemic, especially among younger age groups, certain racial groups, and in the southern U.S. These findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted influenza vaccination compliance. While overall trends aligned with publicly available data, absolute counts may be under-reported within Epic due to incomplete documentation of vaccine administrations outside of Epic-affiliated systems.
Authors
- Gaurang M. Amonkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7238-7131)
- Emily Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1030-6380)
- Timothy T Huang
- Alexander D. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0049-6707)
- Heidi L Gaddey
- Nasser Gayed
- Albert Yu
- Christopher Eduard R Lingat
- Tyler B Nofzinger
Institutions
- Carle Foundation Hospital (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Illinois College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326098
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71