Incentives for Influenza Vaccination
Status
Completed
Conditions
Influenza Vaccination
Treatments
Behavioral: Financial Incentive
Behavioral: Reminders
Other: Placebo
Details and patient eligibility
About
In this work, we are assessing the impact of messaging with or without a $50 financial incentive on influenza vaccination rates in a county health system. Our main hypothesis is that a message with a $50 financial incentive will increase vaccination rates relative to a control/"treatment as usual" group. We further hypothesize that the financial incentive will increase vaccination rates relative to the message only arm.
Enrollment
69,972 patients
Sex
All
Ages
18+ years old
Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Inclusion criteria
- Ages 18 and over
- Empaneled patients or non-empaneled patients with a primary care visit in past 18 months with valid insurance
- Due for an annual flu shot according to the electronic medical record
- Active phone number or email
- Do not have "Do not contact" flag
Exclusion criteria
- Under age 18
- Received an annual flu shot based on medical record
Trial design
Primary purpose
Health Services Research
Allocation
Randomized
Interventional model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open label)
69,972 participants in 3 patient groups
Message Only
Experimental group
Description:
Patients sent an email or SMS reminding them to get vaccinated against the flu.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Reminders
Message + Financial Incentive
Experimental group
Description:
Patients sent an email or SMS reminding them to get vaccinated against the flu and offering them a $50 financial incentive if they are vaccinated within 1-week.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Financial Incentive
Behavioral: Reminders
Active Control
Active Comparator group
Description:
Patients not sent any reminder message.
Treatment:
Other: Placebo
Trial contacts and locations
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