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Money is not everything: experimental evidence that payments do not increase willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Sprengholz, Philipp; Eitze, Sarah; Felgendreff, Lisa; Korn, Lars; Betsch, Cornelia.
  • Sprengholz P; Media and Communication Science, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany philipp.sprengholz@uni-erfurt.de.
  • Eitze S; Media and Communication Science, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.
  • Felgendreff L; Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioral Sciences, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.
  • Korn L; Media and Communication Science, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.
  • Betsch C; Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioral Sciences, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.
J Med Ethics ; 47(8): 547-548, 2021 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1537986
ABSTRACT
Rapid, large-scale uptake of new vaccines against COVID-19 will be crucial to decrease infections and end the pandemic. In a recent article in this journal, Julian Savulescu argued in favour of monetary incentives to convince more people to be vaccinated once the vaccine becomes available. To evaluate the potential of his suggestion, we conducted an experiment investigating the impact of payments and the communication of individual and prosocial benefits of high vaccination rates on vaccination intentions. Our results revealed that none of these interventions or their combinations increased willingness to be vaccinated shortly after a vaccine becomes available. Consequently, decision makers should be cautious about introducing monetary incentives and instead focus on interventions that increase confidence in vaccine safety first, as this has shown to be an especially important factor regarding the demand for the new COVID-19 vaccines.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Vaccination / COVID-19 Vaccines / COVID-19 / Motivation Type of study: Experimental Studies Topics: Vaccines Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: J Med Ethics Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Medethics-2020-107122

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Vaccination / COVID-19 Vaccines / COVID-19 / Motivation Type of study: Experimental Studies Topics: Vaccines Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: J Med Ethics Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Medethics-2020-107122