Prediction of factors influencing adults' likelihood of accepting any COVID-19 vaccination and their willingness to pay - a nation-wide discrete choice experiment among the general public from India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccines remain a key prevention strategy against any contagion and mitigate an epidemic/pandemic. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic vaccine uptake was not as brisk as expected right from the roll out because of concerns regarding certain vaccine attributes like effectiveness, risk of adverse events, and cost among other factors that affected decision making. Thus, a discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted to identify the key attributes of COVID-19 vaccine for its acceptability and people's willingness to pay for it.

Methods

A pan-India digital cross-sectional survey was conducted using a non-probability convenience sampling approach among adults aged ≥ 18 years, of any gender, and residing in India for at least six months. Data were collected through t

SUBMITTER: Raj JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12754888 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature