Equity considerations in COVID-19 vaccine allocation modelling: a literature review

Abstract

We conducted a literature review of COVID-19 vaccine allocation modelling papers, specifically looking for publications that considered equity. We found that most models did not take equity into account, with the vast majority of publications presenting aggregated results and no results by any subgroup (e.g. age, race, geography, etc). We then give examples of how modelling can be useful to answer equity questions, and highlight some of the findings from the publications that did. Lastly, we describe seven considerations that seem important to consider when including equity in future vaccine allocation models.