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ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2024

Differential associations of mask mandates on COVID-19 infection and mortality by community social vulnerability.

Stephen Frochen, Michelle S Wong, William Neil Steers, Anita Yuan, Debra Saliba, Donna L Washington

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Stephen FrochenVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy (CSHIIP), Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, North Hills, CA. Electronic address: stephen.frochen@va.gov.
Michelle S WongVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy (CSHIIP), Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, North Hills, CA.
William Neil SteersVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy (CSHIIP), Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, North Hills, CA.
Anita YuanVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy (CSHIIP), Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, North Hills, CA.
Debra SalibaVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy (CSHIIP), Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, North Hills, CA; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare system, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center West Los Angeles Campus, Los Angeles, CA; Borun Center, University of California Los Angeles, UCLA Division of Geriatrics, Los Angeles, CA; RAND Health RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA.
Donna L WashingtonVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy (CSHIIP), Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, North Hills, CA; David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

Funding

QUERI-Office of Health Equity (OHE) Partnered Evaluation CenterI50HX001953 · VA · VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI WASHINGTON, DONNA · 2021 to 2021
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HSRD VA I50 HX001953
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Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic in the United States has disproportionately impacted communities deemed vulnerable to disease outbreaks. Our objectives were to test (1) whether infection and mortality decreased in counties in the most vulnerable (highest) tercile of the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), and (2) whether disparities between terciles of SVI were reduced, as the length of mask mandates increased.

methodsUsing the New York Times COVID-19 and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SVI and mask mandate datasets, we conducted negative binomial regression analyses of county-level COVID-19 cases and deaths from 1/2020-11/2021 on interactions of SVI and mask mandate durations.

resultsMask mandates were associated with decreases in mid-SVI cases (IRR: 0.79) and deaths (IRR: 0.90) and high-SVI cases (IRR: 0.89) and deaths (IRR: 0.88). Mandates were associated with the mitigation of infection disparities (Change in IRR: 0.92) and mortality disparities (Change in IRR: 0.85) between low and mid-SVI counties and mortality disparities between low and high-SVI counties (Change in IRR: 0.84). DISCUSSION: Mask mandates were associated with reductions in COVID-19 infection and mortality and mitigation of disparities for mid and high-vulnerability communities.

conclusionsOngoing COVID-19 response efforts may benefit from longer-standing infection control policies, particularly in the most vulnerable communities.

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COVID-19Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.Disease OutbreaksHumansPandemicsSocial VulnerabilityUnited StatesCommunity vulnerabilityDisparity mitigationMasking

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PMID37343677
PMCPMC10278893

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