Becker's Healthcare October 10, 2022
Mackenzie Bean

Federal COVID-19 vaccination efforts prevented more than 650,000 hospitalizations and 300,000 deaths among Medicare beneficiaries last year, HHS said in an Oct. 7 report.

HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation analyzed Medicare claims and county-level vaccination data to estimate the reduction in deaths and hospitalizations in 2021.

The national vaccination campaign was associated with 670,000 to...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, HHS, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Survey / Study, Trends
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