Vaccination nudges : A study of pre-booked COVID-19 vaccinations in Sweden

• A nudge changes people’s actions without removing their options or altering their incentives. During the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the Swedish Region of Uppsala sent letters with pre-booked appointments to inhabitants aged16–17 instead of opening up manual appointment booking. Using regional and municipal vaccination data, wedocument a higher vaccine uptake among 16- to 17-year-olds in Uppsala compared to untreated control regions(constructed using the synthetic control method as well as neighboring municipalities). The results highlight pre-booked appointments as a strategy for increasing vaccination rates in populations with low perceived risk.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

COVID-19; health policy; vaccination; vaccine

adolescent; adult; Article; attitude to health; comparative study; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; drug utilization; educational status; foreigner; health behavior; health impact assessment; human; patient information; reminder system; Sweden; underage drinking; vaccination; young adult

Sweden; Uppsala [Sweden]

Public Health Science

Folkhälsovetenskap

Economics

Nationalekonomi

COVID-19

Health policy

Nudge

Pre-booked

Vaccination

Publikations- och innehållstyp

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