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Trends in health care worker intentions to receive COVID-19 vaccine, reasons for hesitancy

03.23.21 | JAMA Network

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What The Study Did: Employees of a health care system were surveyed on the eve of vaccine distribution to encourage them to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, assess their intentions to do so and understand reasons for hesitancy.

Authors: Michelle N. Meyer, Ph.D., J.D., Center for Translational Bioethics and Health Care Policy at the Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5344)

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APA:
JAMA Network. (2021, March 23). Trends in health care worker intentions to receive COVID-19 vaccine, reasons for hesitancy. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LPE225V8/trends-in-health-care-worker-intentions-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-reasons-for-hesitancy.html
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"Trends in health care worker intentions to receive COVID-19 vaccine, reasons for hesitancy." Brightsurf News, Mar. 23 2021, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LPE225V8/trends-in-health-care-worker-intentions-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-reasons-for-hesitancy.html.