Can financial incentives and other nudges increase COVID-19 vaccinations among the vaccine hesitant? A randomized trial.

ABSTRACT: Despite rapid initial uptake, COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States stalled within a few months of widespread rollout in 2021. In response, many state and local governments, employers and health systems used public health messaging, financial incentives and creative scheduling tools to increase vaccine uptake. Although these approaches drew on evidence from influenza and other vaccination efforts, they were largely untested in the context of SARS-CoV-2. In mid-2021, months after vaccines were widely available, we evaluated vaccination intentions and vaccine uptake using a randomized control trial. To do this, we recruited unvaccinated members of a Medicaid managed care plan in California (n = 2,701) and randomly assigned them to different public health messages, $10 or $50 financial i

SUBMITTER: Jacobson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9424519 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature