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Jeffrey Sload1, Benjamin Bechtolsheim1, Deidre Gifford1
1Jeffrey Sload is a fellow at the Connecticut Department of Public Health in Hartford. Benjamin Bechtolsheim is director of the COVID-19 Vaccination Program at the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Deidre Gifford is the acting commissioner of the Department of Public Health and the commissioner of the Department of Social Services in Hartford.
Abstract:
We assessed the impact of COVID-19 vaccine lottery programs on COVID-19 vaccination coverage using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‒reported first-dose vaccination administration rates for the population aged 18 years and older for 19 states that adopted lottery-based incentive programs. We did not find evidence of increased first-dose vaccination rates following lottery announcements across participating states and, therefore, find little justification for the use of COVID-19 vaccination lotteries to increase vaccination rates. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(8):1130-1133. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306863).
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