Incentives can spur COVID-19 vaccination uptake.
cross_sectional · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34413212.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1073/pnas.2109543118 and PMC identifier 8433545.
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Abstract
Recent evidence suggests that vaccination hesitancy is too high in many countries to sustainably contain COVID-19. Using a factorial survey experiment administered to 20,500 online respondents in Germany, we assess the effectiveness of three strategies to increase vaccine uptake, namely, providing freedoms, financial remuneration, and vaccination at local doctors. Our results suggest that all three strategies can increase vaccination uptake on the order of two to three percentage points (PP) overall and five PP among the undecided. The combined effects could be as high as 13 PP for this group. The returns from different strategies vary across age groups, however, with older cohorts more responsive to local access and younger cohorts most responsive to enhanced freedoms for vaccinated citizens.
Medical subject headings
- COVID-19
- COVID-19 Vaccines
- Mass Vaccination
- Motivation
- Vaccination Refusal