DIM: Daily COVID-19 Vaccination Monitoring in Germany

The Digital Vaccination Rate Monitoring (DIM) project aggregates data from three sources: vaccination centers, mobile teams, hospitals, company doctors via a web application, and daily aggregated core datasets from the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) and the Private Physicians' Federal Association (PBV). This dataset provides daily, nationwide vaccination rates to analyze the progress of Germany's COVID-19 vaccination campaign. It supports timely analysis for logistical adjustments and organizational consequences.

Use Cases

• Monitoring daily vaccination progress based on aggregated data from multiple provider types.
• Analyzing regional vaccination coverage trends across Germany.
• Evaluating the logistical rollout of the national vaccination campaign.
• Supporting public health policy decisions with near-real-time data.

Strengths

• Data is aggregated from three authoritative sources, including major physician associations.
• Provides daily updates for timely monitoring of the vaccination campaign.

Limitations

• Specific column names, row counts, and dataset size are not provided in the source metadata.
• The exact temporal coverage and last update date are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Robert Koch Institute (Fachgebiet Robert Koch-Institut)

Collection Method

Aggregation from three data sources: DIM web application submissions, KBV daily core dataset, and PBV daily core dataset.

Geography

Germany