COVID-19 vaccination coverage and the effect on regional disparities in morbidity and mortality among older people in Sweden, 2021–2023
<b>While higher vaccination coverage, especially in urban areas, could have prevented COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations among older adults in Sweden, the vaccinations were not a major driver of regional disparities in these outcomes.</b>
Authors
- Jonas Björk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1883-2000)
- Malin Inghammar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2995-1312)
- Carl Bonander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1189-9950)
- Anton Nilsson
- Dominik Dietler
Institutions
- Lund University (SE)
- Skåne University Hospital (SE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948261420643
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00