Objectives: To investigate the short-term and long-term effectiveness of different levels of financial incentives on increasing the willingness to vaccinate and vaccine uptake.
Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of financial incentives of three groups with monetary incentives (CNY 20, CNY 40, and CNY 60; 1 CNY = 0.13 EUR) vs. a control group-CNY 0-on influenza vaccine uptake among 720 older adults (≥60 years) in Beijing, China. The primary outcome was vaccine uptake, and the secondary outcomes were intention to vaccinate and length of time to immunization.
Results: Financial incentive significantly promoted higher intention to influenza vaccination (120/178 [67.42%] vs. 442/542 [81.55%]; Relative Risk [RR], 1.21; 95% CI, 1.02-1.42) and higher vaccination participation (74/178 [41.57%] vs. 316/542 [58.30%]; RR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.10-1.75). CNY 60 had the largest impact on the intention to vaccinate (15.00% vs. 13.48% and 13.90%) and vaccination uptake (19.42% vs. 14.05% and 16.67%) compared with CNY 20 and CNY 40. Time to vaccination was significantly lower among participants receiving incentives than those without ([37.21 days; 95% CI, 34.33-39.99] vs. [48.27 days; 95% CI, 43.47-53.07]; Hazard Ratio [HR] 1.57, 95% CI 1.22-2.03). We found no long-term influence of financial incentives on vaccination decisions in the following year (217/542, 40.04% vs. 65/178, 36.52%; RR 1.08, 95% CI 0.82-1.42).
Discussion: Our study suggests that modest financial incentives will boost short-term influenza vaccination rates and shorten the length of time to immunization in China. No one single-time financial incentive had a long-term effect on future vaccination behaviours or helped establish regular vaccination behaviours.
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February 2025
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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