Journal of Indonesian Health Policy and Administration
Vol. 8, No. 3

The Effects of Vaccination Against COVID-19 Incidence: Is the current age-priorities appropriate?

Nugrahari, Dian IP (Unknown)
Hamdah, Nurhanifah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2023

Abstract

Age is an independent risk factor for COVID-19. Thus, the government of Indonesia prioritizes the elderly and adults with significant comorbidities for COVID-19 vaccination. To discover whether this policy is still appropriate, we evaluated the effects of vaccination against the COVID-19 incidence and infection risk.It was a retrospective cohort study of the NAR COVID-19 and Dashboard KPCPEN COVID-19 of the Depok City Health Department. The tests used to analyze the data were the chi-square and logistic regression tests. We discovered that there was a 92.7% total reduction in the COVID-19 infection rate with vaccination. The infection risk for COVID-19 in vaccinated people aged ≥ 60 years was far lower than those who were unvaccinated (RR = 0.10 vs. 1.72). In conclusion, vaccination reduces the transmission of COVID-19 significantly, especially in the ≥ 60 years age group. It affirms that the age priority policy in the vaccination policy is still applicable and does not require any amendments.

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Journal Info

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publication:ihpa

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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Journal of Indonesian Health Policy and Administration is a journal that presents scientific articles mainly in the field of health policy, programs, and administration. This journal is intended to disseminate research from students, lecturers, or researchers in general who are concerned about ...