Timing of preventive behavior in the case of a new and evolving health risk: the case of COVID-19 vaccination.

IF 2.7 3区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Deeksha Gupta, Caroline Rudisill
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Abstract

Background: Time preferences for preventive behavior under novel risks and uncertain contexts may differ from timing preferences related to familiar risks. Therefore, it is crucial to examine drivers of preventative health behavior timing in light of new health risks. Using the case of COVID-19, we examine factors affecting vaccination timing plans when vaccines were widely available in the European Union (EU).

Methods: We use data from the Flash Eurobarometer 494 survey (May 21-26, 2021), which collected information on EU residents' attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccinations. We also use the 'Our World in Data' vaccination database for country-level COVID-19 vaccination rates. Probit regressions were conducted to determine how local vaccination rates, trust in information sources, social norms, vaccine safety beliefs, and risk understanding affected the probability of COVID-19 vaccination delay.

Results: Of total participants (n = 26,106), 9,063 (34.7%) were vaccinated, 7,114 (27.3%) wanted to get vaccinated as soon as possible, 5,168 (19.8%) wanted to delay vaccination and 2,962 (11.4%) resisted vaccination. Participants were more likely to delay COVID-19 vaccination if they lived in a country with lower vaccination prevalence, trusted online social networks, family, friends, and colleagues for vaccination information, were eager to follow vaccination-related social norms, expressed vaccine safety concerns, and understood the risk of catching COVID-19 without a vaccine to be lower.

Conclusions: Results from the study contribute to understanding important factors that predict timing of vaccination plans. These findings can also contribute to the wider knowledge base about timing of preventive behavior uptake in novel risk contexts.

在出现新的、不断变化的健康风险时采取预防行为的时机:COVID-19 疫苗接种案例。
背景:在新风险和不确定环境下,预防行为的时间偏好可能与熟悉风险的时间偏好不同。因此,根据新的健康风险来研究预防性健康行为时间选择的驱动因素至关重要。我们以 COVID-19 为例,研究了在欧盟(EU)广泛使用疫苗时影响疫苗接种时间计划的因素:我们使用了 Flash Eurobarometer 494 调查(2021 年 5 月 21-26 日)的数据,该调查收集了欧盟居民对 COVID-19 疫苗接种态度的信息。我们还使用了 "数据中的我们的世界 "疫苗接种数据库,以了解国家层面的 COVID-19 疫苗接种率。我们进行了 Probit 回归,以确定当地疫苗接种率、对信息来源的信任度、社会规范、疫苗安全信仰和风险理解如何影响 COVID-19 疫苗接种延迟的概率:在所有参与者(n = 26106)中,9063 人(34.7%)已接种疫苗,7114 人(27.3%)希望尽快接种疫苗,5168 人(19.8%)希望推迟接种疫苗,2962 人(11.4%)拒绝接种疫苗。如果参与者居住在疫苗接种率较低的国家,信任在线社交网络、家人、朋友和同事提供的疫苗接种信息,渴望遵守与疫苗接种相关的社会规范,对疫苗安全性表示担忧,并认为不接种疫苗而感染 COVID-19 的风险较低,那么他们更有可能推迟接种 COVID-19 疫苗:研究结果有助于了解预测疫苗接种计划时间的重要因素。这些研究结果还有助于进一步了解在新风险环境下采取预防行为的时机。
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CiteScore
3.90
自引率
4.20%
发文量
59
审稿时长
13 weeks
期刊介绍: Health Economics Review is an international high-quality journal covering all fields of Health Economics. A broad range of theoretical contributions, empirical studies and analyses of health policy with a health economic focus will be considered for publication. Its scope includes macro- and microeconomics of health care financing, health insurance and reimbursement as well as health economic evaluation, health services research and health policy analysis. Further research topics are the individual and institutional aspects of health care management and the growing importance of health care in developing countries.
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