Puri School of Business, Rockford University, 5100 E State St., Rockford, IL, 61108, USA.
University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, 1601 Parkview Ave, Rockford, IL, 61107, USA.
Int J Health Econ Manag. 2023 Dec;23(4):537-552. doi: 10.1007/s10754-023-09343-2. Epub 2023 Feb 28.
Recent studies have been analyzing and measuring the efficacy of the use of financial incentives to increase the Covid-19 vaccine uptake. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the only study available in the literature that aims to measure the effect of financial incentives on vaccine rates among children. This paper explores the effects of a specific financial incentive on parents' vaccination decisions for their children. Using data from a regional practice, where students aged 12 and older received $50 gift cards per Covid-19 vaccination dose, we use various methodologies (synthetic control, linear regression, and difference-in-differences) to approximate the effects of financial incentives on vaccine rates. Our analysis reveals that gift cards increase vaccination rates by 2.64-4.23 percentage points from a baseline rate of 38 percent, concluding that financial incentives, in conjunction with other incentives and policies, can be considered to increase the rate of vaccines for 12- to 17-year-olds.
最近的研究一直在分析和衡量使用经济激励措施来提高 COVID-19 疫苗接种率的效果。据我们所知，本文是文献中唯一一项旨在衡量经济激励对儿童疫苗接种率影响的研究。本文探讨了特定经济激励对父母为子女接种疫苗决策的影响。利用来自一个地区实践的数据，其中 12 岁及以上的学生每接种一剂 COVID-19 疫苗可获得 50 美元的礼品卡，我们使用各种方法（合成控制、线性回归和差分法）来估计经济激励对疫苗接种率的影响。我们的分析表明，礼品卡使疫苗接种率从基线的 38%提高了 2.64-4.23 个百分点，得出结论认为，经济激励措施与其他激励措施和政策一起，可以被考虑用来提高 12 至 17 岁人群的疫苗接种率。
