Jumping the Queue:Willingness to Pay for Faster Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Seven European Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Given the initial shortage of vaccines to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many countries set up priority lists, implying that large parts of the population had to wait. We therefore elicited the willingness to pay (WTP) for access to two hypothetical COVID-19 vaccines.

Methods

Respondents were asked how much they would be willing to pay to get an immediate COVID-19 vaccination rather than waiting for one through the public system. We report data collected in January/February 2021 from the European COVID Survey (ECOS) comprising representative samples of the population in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the UK (N = 7068).

Results

In total, 73% (68.5%) of respondents were willing to pay for immediate acce

SUBMITTER: Neumann-Bohme S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10492869 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature