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Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, China.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 Dec 31; 18(1):1-9.HV

Abstract

PURPOSE

This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted to explore whether parents are willing to pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in China.

METHODS

With a self-administered online questionnaire, we investigated parents' willingness to pay for their children to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Taizhou, China. Of the 1,845 parents who answered the structured questionnaire when they received an e-mail or e-poster invitation, 1788 samples with valid data underwent data analysis.

RESULTS

A total of 66.1% of parents reported being willing to pay to inoculate their children with the COVID-19 vaccine. After adjustment for confounding factors, lower education level, one-child family (yes vs. no, OR = 1.35, 95%CI: 1.04-1.74), knowledge score of vaccination against COVID-19 (high vs. low, OR = 1.31, 95%CI: 1.01-1.69), awareness of the permitted use of the vaccine (yes vs. no, OR = 1.51, 95%CI: 1.16-1.97), and willingness to pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for themselves (yes vs. no, OR = 16.31, 95%CI: 12.59-21.14) were significantly associated with parents' willingness to pay for their children.

CONCLUSION

We found that a moderate proportion of parents reported unwillingness to pay for their child to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The results indicate that further detailed assessment and more health education planning are required to increasing parents' WTP for the vaccination of children in China.

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Tung TH
Evidence-based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.
Lin XQ
Department of Infectious Diseases, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.
Chen Y
Department of Infectious Diseases, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.
Wu H
Department of Infectious Diseases, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.
Zhang MX
Evidence-based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China. Public Laboratory, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.
Zhu JS
Department of Infectious Diseases, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.

MeSH

COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesChinaCross-Sectional StudiesHumansParentsSARS-CoV-2Vaccination

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

35061958

Citation

Tung, Tao-Hsin, et al. "Why Do Parents Willingness-to-pay to Vaccinate Their Children Against COVID-19? a Real-world Evidence in Taizhou, China." Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, vol. 18, no. 1, 2022, pp. 1-9.
Tung TH, Lin XQ, Chen Y, et al. Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, China. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022;18(1):1-9.
Tung, T. H., Lin, X. Q., Chen, Y., Wu, H., Zhang, M. X., & Zhu, J. S. (2022). Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, China. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 18(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.2014731
Tung TH, et al. Why Do Parents Willingness-to-pay to Vaccinate Their Children Against COVID-19? a Real-world Evidence in Taizhou, China. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 Dec 31;18(1):1-9. PubMed PMID: 35061958.
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