PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gong, Jenny D.
AU  - Barnboym, Emma
AU  - O’Mara, Megan
AU  - Gurevich, Natalie
AU  - Mattar, Maya
AU  - Anthony, Donald D.
AU  - Singer, Nora G.
AU  - Perzynski, Adam T.
TI  - Financial Incentives Are Associated with Lower Likelihood of COVID-19 Vaccination in Northeast Ohio
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220265R1
DP  - 2023 Feb 08
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 170--174
VI  - 36
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/36/1/170.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/36/1/170.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2023 Feb 08; 36
AB  - Background: Declining COVID-19 vaccination rates have led to implementation of monetary incentives to increase vaccine uptake. The Ohio Vax-a-Million lottery and subsequent $100 incentives were created to encourage individuals to become vaccinated. The purpose of this survey was to determine the efficacy of these monetary incentives on vaccination rates.Methods: A 38-item questionnaire was given to outpatients at MetroHealth and Cleveland Veteran Affairs Hospitals between August 2021 and February 2022 who either waited 2 or more months to receive the COVID-19 vaccination or have not yet been vaccinated. The survey contained questions regarding demographics and perceptions of COVID-19 monetary incentives on vaccination likelihood.Results: Of the 471 participants surveyed, 0.95% reported that the Ohio Vax-a-Million lottery increased their vaccination likelihood, while 29.7% reported that it decreased their likelihood. 6.8% of respondents reported the $100 incentive increased their vaccination likelihood while 17.4% reported it decreased their vaccination chances. 20.6% of participants stated news of the Delta (δ) variant increased their vaccination likelihood.Conclusion: Our study results suggest that monetary incentives were not associated with increased COVID-19 vaccination rates. Instead, more participants believed that these incentives decreased their vaccination likelihood. Expansion of the survey across a wider sociodemographic range can provide further evidence of the efficacy of these programs before reimplementation.