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Effect of mandating vaccination on COVID-19 cases in colleges and universities

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dc.contributor.authorGhaffarzadegan, Naviden
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-30T17:56:27Zen
dc.date.available2023-01-30T17:56:27Zen
dc.date.issued2022-10-01en
dc.date.updated2023-01-28T15:45:22Zen
dc.description.abstractBackground: With the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines, many colleges and universities decided to mandate vaccination for all students and employees. The objective of this paper is to empirically investigate the effect of the mandate policy on Fall 2021 COVID-19 cases in institutions of higher education. Method: We construct a unique dataset of a sample of 94 colleges and universities in the east and southeast regions of the United States, 41 of which required vaccination prior to Fall 2021. A difference-in-differences analysis is conducted, considering vaccine requirement as a policy implemented only in a sub-group of these institutions. We control for several factors, including state-level case per capita and student population. Results: Our analysis shows that mandatory vaccination substantially decreased cases in institutions of higher education by 1,473 cases per 100,000 student population (95 CI: 132, 2813). Conclusions: The results suggest that a COVID-19 vaccine requirement is an effective policy in decreasing cases in such institutions, leading to a safer educational experience.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 41-45en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.08.004en
dc.identifier.eissn1878-3511en
dc.identifier.issn1201-9712en
dc.identifier.orcidGhaffarzadegan, Navid [0000-0003-3632-8588]en
dc.identifier.otherS1201-9712(22)00477-5 (PII)en
dc.identifier.pmid35985570en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/113559en
dc.identifier.volume123en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35985570en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectcollegesen
dc.subjecthigher educationen
dc.subjectmandateen
dc.subjectuniversitiesen
dc.subjectvaccineen
dc.subjectVaccine Relateden
dc.subjectPreventionen
dc.subjectImmunizationen
dc.subject3.4 Vaccinesen
dc.subject3 Prevention of disease and conditions, and promotion of well-beingen
dc.subject4 Quality Educationen
dc.subject.meshHumansen
dc.subject.meshVaccinesen
dc.subject.meshVaccinationen
dc.subject.meshUniversitiesen
dc.subject.meshUnited Statesen
dc.subject.meshCOVID-19en
dc.subject.meshCOVID-19 Vaccinesen
dc.titleEffect of mandating vaccination on COVID-19 cases in colleges and universitiesen
dc.title.serialInternational Journal of Infectious Diseasesen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherJournal Articleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-08-07en
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