Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines in Ambulatory and Inpatient Care Settings

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BACKGROUND: There are limited data on the effectiveness of the vaccines against symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) currently authorized in the United States with respect to hospitalization, admission to an intensive care unit (ICU), or ambulatory care in an emergency department or urgent care clinic.

METHODS: We conducted a study involving adults (≥50 years of age) with Covid-19-like illness who underwent molecular testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We assessed 41,552 admissions to 187 hospitals and 21,522 visits to 221 emergency departments or urgent care clinics during the period from January 1 through June 22, 2021, in multiple states. The patients' vaccination status was documented in electronic health records and immunization registries. We used a test-negative design to estimate vaccine effectiveness by comparing the odds of a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 infection among vaccinated patients with those among unvaccinated patients. Vaccine effectiveness was adjusted with weights based on propensity-for-vaccination scores and according to age, geographic region, calendar time (days from January 1, 2021, to the index date for each medical visit), and local virus circulation.

RESULTS: The effectiveness of full messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccination (≥14 days after the second dose) was 89% (95% confidence interval [CI], 87 to 91) against laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection leading to hospitalization, 90% (95% CI, 86 to 93) against infection leading to an ICU admission, and 91% (95% CI, 89 to 93) against infection leading to an emergency department or urgent care clinic visit. The effectiveness of full vaccination with respect to a Covid-19-associated hospitalization or emergency department or urgent care clinic visit was similar with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 vaccines and ranged from 81% to 95% among adults 85 years of age or older, persons with chronic medical conditions, and Black or Hispanic adults. The effectiveness of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine was 68% (95% CI, 50 to 79) against laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection leading to hospitalization and 73% (95% CI, 59 to 82) against infection leading to an emergency department or urgent care clinic visit.

CONCLUSIONS: Covid-19 vaccines in the United States were highly effective against SARS-CoV-2 infection requiring hospitalization, ICU admission, or an emergency department or urgent care clinic visit. This vaccine effectiveness extended to populations that are disproportionately affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection. (Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.).

Errataetall:

CommentIn: N Engl J Med. 2021 Oct 7;385(15):1431-1433. - PMID 34496195

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:385

Enthalten in:

The New England journal of medicine - 385(2021), 15 vom: 07. Okt., Seite 1355-1371

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thompson, Mark G [VerfasserIn]
Stenehjem, Edward [VerfasserIn]
Grannis, Shaun [VerfasserIn]
Ball, Sarah W [VerfasserIn]
Naleway, Allison L [VerfasserIn]
Ong, Toan C [VerfasserIn]
DeSilva, Malini B [VerfasserIn]
Natarajan, Karthik [VerfasserIn]
Bozio, Catherine H [VerfasserIn]
Lewis, Ned [VerfasserIn]
Dascomb, Kristin [VerfasserIn]
Dixon, Brian E [VerfasserIn]
Birch, Rebecca J [VerfasserIn]
Irving, Stephanie A [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Suchitra [VerfasserIn]
Kharbanda, Elyse [VerfasserIn]
Han, Jungmi [VerfasserIn]
Reynolds, Sue [VerfasserIn]
Goddard, Kristin [VerfasserIn]
Grisel, Nancy [VerfasserIn]
Fadel, William F [VerfasserIn]
Levy, Matthew E [VerfasserIn]
Ferdinands, Jill [VerfasserIn]
Fireman, Bruce [VerfasserIn]
Arndorfer, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Valvi, Nimish R [VerfasserIn]
Rowley, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Palak [VerfasserIn]
Zerbo, Ousseny [VerfasserIn]
Griggs, Eric P [VerfasserIn]
Porter, Rachael M [VerfasserIn]
Demarco, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Blanton, Lenee [VerfasserIn]
Steffens, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Zhuang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Olson, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Barron, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Shifflett, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Schrag, Stephanie J [VerfasserIn]
Verani, Jennifer R [VerfasserIn]
Fry, Alicia [VerfasserIn]
Gaglani, Manjusha [VerfasserIn]
Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Klein, Nicola P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273
Ad26COVS1
BNT162 Vaccine
COVID-19 Vaccines
EPK39PL4R4
JT2NS6183B
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
N38TVC63NU
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Date Completed 19.10.2021

Date Revised 23.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: N Engl J Med. 2021 Oct 7;385(15):1431-1433. - PMID 34496195

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1056/NEJMoa2110362

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330384821