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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
COVID-19 vaccination decisions and mandate impact

Table 8. Impact on patient care
Question Options n Percentage
Worked with COVID-19-positive or suspected Yes 95/166 57.2
patients pre-vaccination mandate No 26/166 16
Not sure 25/166 15.1
Other 10/166 6
Total respondents 156/166 94
No response 10/166 6
Encouraged to report adverse events Yes 3/166 2
post-vaccination if observed No 152/166 92

Total respondents 155/166 94
No response 11/166 7
Trained to report adverse events post-vaccination Yes 16/166 10
if observed No 138/166 83.1
Total 154/166 93
No response 12/166 7.2
Asked, encouraged, or coerced to minimize Not providing exemptions when requested by patients 12/166 7.2
vaccine hesitancy by: Not prescribing off-label prescriptions 13/166 8
Telling patients that the vaccines were safe and effective 44/166 27
Encouraging patients to trust health officials and sources 51/166 31
Dismissing non-officially approved information as “misinformation” 38/166 23
I was not asked to do any of these things 65/166 39.1
Other 14/166 8.4
Prefer not to answer 18/166 11
Total respondents 154/166 93
No response 12/166 7.2
Personally administered COVID-19 vaccines Yes 2/166 1.2
No 153/166 92.2
Total respondents 155/166 94
No response 11/166 7
If administered COVID-19 vaccines, received Yes 1/2 50
compensation No 1/2 50

Total respondents 2/2 100
Feeling on administering COVID-19 vaccines Accepting – it was part of my responsibility 0/2 0
Energized – I was part of the solution for a serious public health problem 0/2 0
Uneasy – I did not know what might happen to vaccine recipients 2/2 100
Other 0/2 0
Prefer not to answer 0/2 0
Total respondents 2/2 100
No response 0/2 0

respondents also reported being accused of undermining coerced into doing so against their clinical judgment and
patient care due to their reservations about vaccination, expressed uncertainty about the health impacts of vaccines
and over half of the respondents were disciplined for this on recipients. Finally, nearly half of the respondents
reason. As well, most respondents within the very small reported their intention to leave the healthcare industry
number of those who administered COVID-19 vaccines felt altogether.

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