Reminder design and childhood vaccination coverage
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Reminder design and childhood vaccination coverage. / Hirani, Jonas Cuzulan; Wüst, Miriam.
I: Journal of Health Economics, Bind 93, 102832, 01.2024.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Reminder design and childhood vaccination coverage
AU - Hirani, Jonas Cuzulan
AU - Wüst, Miriam
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2024/1
Y1 - 2024/1
N2 - A major policy concern across public vaccination programs is non-compliance. Exploiting Danish population data and three national reforms in regression discontinuity designs, we document the effects of reminders for childhood vaccination coverage. Retrospective reminders are primarily effective for families with small children and when sent out close to the recommended vaccination age. Digital and postal reminders are equally effective. Prospective reminders increase timely vaccinations in later childhood and help reaching high coverage for new vaccines in increasingly complex vaccination programs. While reminders prompt additional preventive care for focal children, we find no spillovers to other health behaviors or relatives.
AB - A major policy concern across public vaccination programs is non-compliance. Exploiting Danish population data and three national reforms in regression discontinuity designs, we document the effects of reminders for childhood vaccination coverage. Retrospective reminders are primarily effective for families with small children and when sent out close to the recommended vaccination age. Digital and postal reminders are equally effective. Prospective reminders increase timely vaccinations in later childhood and help reaching high coverage for new vaccines in increasingly complex vaccination programs. While reminders prompt additional preventive care for focal children, we find no spillovers to other health behaviors or relatives.
KW - Child health
KW - Public policy
KW - Reminders
KW - Vaccination
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102832
DO - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102832
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37976788
AN - SCOPUS:85178172873
VL - 93
JO - Journal of Health Economics
JF - Journal of Health Economics
SN - 0167-6296
M1 - 102832
ER -
ID: 375874734