The relationship between macro-socioeconomics determinants and COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Ali Roghani; Ali Roghani

doi:10.3934/publichealth.2021052

AIMS Public Health

2021, Volume 8, Issue 4: 655-664. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2021052

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The relationship between macro-socioeconomics determinants and COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Ali Roghani ^,

Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, USA

Received: 09 August 2021 Accepted: 13 September 2021 Published: 18 September 2021

Since coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has continued to spread globally, many countries have started vaccinations at the end of December 2020. This research examines the relationship between COVID-19 vaccine distribution and two macro-socioeconomics measures, including human development index and gross domestic product, among 25 countries for two points in time, including February and August 2021. The COVID-19 dataset is a collection of the COVID-19 data maintained by Our World in Data. It is a daily updated dataset and includes confirmed cases, vaccinations, deaths, and testing data. Ordinary Least Squares was applied to examine how macro-socioeconomic measures predict the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine over time.

Results
The results indicate that a higher gross domestic product per capita is positively associated with higher COVID-19 vaccine distribution, and this relationship becomes more robust over time. However, some countries may have more successful vaccine distribution results regardless of their gross domestic product. In addition, the result shows human development index does not have a significant relationship with vaccine distribution.

Conclusion
Economic measures may be counted as a more vital indicator for vaccine distribution as they have a more direct relationship distribution with health infrastructure than social measures such as human development index.
- COVID-19,
- immunization programs,
- vaccine distribution,
- gross domestic product,
- human development index,
- SARS-CoV-2 infection,
- Pfizer vaccine
Citation: Ali Roghani. The relationship between macro-socioeconomics determinants and COVID-19 vaccine distribution[J]. AIMS Public Health, 2021, 8(4): 655-664. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2021052

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Abstract

Since coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has continued to spread globally, many countries have started vaccinations at the end of December 2020. This research examines the relationship between COVID-19 vaccine distribution and two macro-socioeconomics measures, including human development index and gross domestic product, among 25 countries for two points in time, including February and August 2021. The COVID-19 dataset is a collection of the COVID-19 data maintained by Our World in Data. It is a daily updated dataset and includes confirmed cases, vaccinations, deaths, and testing data. Ordinary Least Squares was applied to examine how macro-socioeconomic measures predict the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine over time.

Results

The results indicate that a higher gross domestic product per capita is positively associated with higher COVID-19 vaccine distribution, and this relationship becomes more robust over time. However, some countries may have more successful vaccine distribution results regardless of their gross domestic product. In addition, the result shows human development index does not have a significant relationship with vaccine distribution.

Conclusion

Economic measures may be counted as a more vital indicator for vaccine distribution as they have a more direct relationship distribution with health infrastructure than social measures such as human development index.

Conflict of interest

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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