Monetary incentives increase COVID-19 vaccinations.
Science
; 374(6569): 879-882, 2021 Nov 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1455668
ABSTRACT
The stalling of COVID-19 vaccination rates threatens public health. To increase vaccination rates, governments across the world are considering the use of monetary incentives. Here we present evidence about the effect of guaranteed payments on COVID-19 vaccination uptake. We ran a large preregistered randomized controlled trial (with 8286 participants) in Sweden and linked the data to population-wide administrative vaccination records. We found that modest monetary payments of 24 US dollars (200 Swedish kronor) increased vaccination rates by 4.2 percentage points (P = 0.005), from a baseline rate of 71.6%. By contrast, behavioral nudges increased stated intentions to become vaccinated but had only small and not statistically significant impacts on vaccination rates. The results highlight the potential of modest monetary incentives to raise vaccination rates.
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Main subject:
Reimbursement, Incentive
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Vaccination
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Intention
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COVID-19 Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Science
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Science.abm0475
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