This analysis seeks to quantify the number of hospitalizations that could have been prevented by vaccination and the total cost of these hospitalizations. It estimates that there were a total of 690,000 vaccine-preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations form June through November 2021, a period that overlaps with the delta variant surge. It estimates that the preventable costs of treating these patients iat $13.8 billion during the six-month period.
The analysis is available on the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, an online information hub dedicated to monitoring and assessing the performance of the U.S. health system.
