Economic Cost and Its Factors for COVID-19 vaccination among Adults in India: A Community Based Study

Authors

  • Sunil Kumar Department of Community Medicine, Akash Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Devanahalli, Bengaluru, India
  • Lakshmi Hulugappa Department of Community Medicine, Akash Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Devanahalli, Bengaluru, India
  • Srividya J Department of Community Medicine, Akash Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Devanahalli, Bengaluru, India
  • Manjula S Department of Community Medicine, Akash Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Devanahalli, Bengaluru, India
  • Madhura M M Department of Community Medicine, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31344/ijhhs.v8i3.721

Keywords:

COVID-19 vaccination, health expenditure, out of pocket expenditure

Abstract

Background: Government of India introduced COVID-19 vaccination in January 2021. COVID-19 vaccination tends to increase the herd immunity in the community. There are limited studies on outof- pocket expenditure (OOPE) in COVID- 19 vaccination in India.

Objective: The present study aims to estimate the OOPE for availing the COVID-19 vaccines and find the factors associated with OOPE.

Methods: A community based cross- sectional study was conducted during September 2021- February 2022in urban poor locality, Bengaluru, India. A pre-tested validated semi-structured questionnaire was used to assess the direct and indirect costs for administration of COVID-19 vaccine in 438 participants above 18 years using probability proportional to population size by interview method. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics.

Results: The total direct cost was $214.03USD, indirect cost was $4828.93USD for COVID-19 vaccination. Factors associated with higher OOPE was type of vaccine (OR=2.141, 95% CI=1.07-4.24) occupation of participant (OR=2.043, 95% CI= 1.37-3.03), reported stress following vaccination (OR=1.72, 95% CI=1.098- 2.703), adverse event within 48hrs (OR=2.125, 95% CI= 1.248-3.62), received any medication for adverse event (OR= 1.721, 95% CI= 1.022-2.84).

Conclusion: The majority of the people utilized the government facility for vaccination. Factors associated with higher OOPE were: 2 times with type of vaccine, occupation of the study subject and adverse events within 48hrs.

International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 08 No. 03 Jul’24 Page: 264-267

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Published

2024-08-25

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Kumar, S., Hulugappa, L., J, S., S, M., & M M, M. (2024). Economic Cost and Its Factors for COVID-19 vaccination among Adults in India: A Community Based Study. International Journal of Human and Health Sciences (IJHHS), 8(3), 260–267. https://doi.org/10.31344/ijhhs.v8i3.721

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2024)

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