Pay-it-forward influenza vaccination among older adults and children: A cost-effectiveness analysis in China.

ABSTRACT: A quasi-experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a pay-it-forward strategy for increasing influenza vaccination among children and older adults compared to a self-paid vaccination strategy in China. Pay-it-forward is an innovative community-engaged intervention in which participants receive a free influenza vaccination and are then asked if they would like to donate or create a message to support subsequent vaccinations. This economic evaluation used a decision-tree model to compare pay-it-forward to a standard of care arm in which patients had to pay for their own influenza vaccine. The analysis was performed from the healthcare provider perspective and costs were calculated with 2020 United States dollars. The time horizon was one year. In the base case analysis,

SUBMITTER: Tang FF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10470923 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature