Guaranteed Financial Incentives for COVID-19 Vaccination: A Pilot Program in North Carolina

Charlene A Wong; William Pilkington; Irene A Doherty; Ziliang Zhu; Hattie Gawande; Deepak Kumar; Noel T Brewer

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6170

Guaranteed Financial Incentives for COVID-19 Vaccination: A Pilot Program in North Carolina

JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jan 1;182(1):78-80. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6170.

Authors

Charlene A Wong¹, William Pilkington², Irene A Doherty², Ziliang Zhu³, Hattie Gawande¹, Deepak Kumar², Noel T Brewer⁴

Affiliations

¹ Office of the Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh.
² Advanced Center for COVID-19 Related Disparities (ACCORD), Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham.
³ Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill.
⁴ Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill.

Abstract

This quasi-experimental study examines whether offering an incentive cash card to adults who receive or drive someone to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine raises vaccination rates.

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19 Vaccines / economics*
COVID-19 Vaccines / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation
North Carolina
Program Evaluation / methods
Program Evaluation / statistics & numerical data
Reimbursement, Incentive / standards*
Reimbursement, Incentive / statistics & numerical data

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines