School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China.
PLoS One. 2021 May 4;16(5):e0250112. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250112. eCollection 2021.
A COVID-19 vaccine is the key to beating the virus, and effective vaccines are going to be available in the near future. It is urgent to estimate the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines and their value to individuals, in order to develop an effective public vaccination strategy. Based on a survey of 1,188 randomly selected respondents in China, we analyzed Chinese consumers' willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine and their willingness to pay for it. We find that 79.41% of the respondents are willing to get vaccinated in China, and the average amount that they're willing to pay for a COVID-19 vaccine shot is 130.45 yuan. However, though the elderly are at higher risk of infection and the disease could be fatal for them, they are less willing to get the vaccine and not willing to pay as much for the shot. Subsidies and health communication concerning COVID-19 vaccines should be provided in order to expand vaccination coverage.
一种 COVID-19 疫苗是战胜该病毒的关键，有效的疫苗将在不久的将来面世。为了制定有效的公共疫苗接种策略，迫切需要评估 COVID-19 疫苗的可接受性及其对个人的价值。本研究基于对中国 1188 名随机抽样受访者的调查，分析了中国消费者接种 COVID-19 疫苗的意愿及其付费意愿。研究发现，79.41%的受访者愿意在中国接种疫苗，他们愿意为 COVID-19 疫苗接种支付的平均金额为 130.45 元。然而，尽管老年人感染的风险更高，而且该疾病对他们来说可能是致命的，但他们对接种疫苗的意愿较低，并且不愿意为此支付太多费用。应该提供 COVID-19 疫苗的补贴和健康宣传，以扩大疫苗接种覆盖率。
