ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2021
Mass media coverage and vaccination uptake: evidence from the demand for meningococcal vaccinations in Hungary.
Article in The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A systematic review of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics associated with inequalities in invasive meningococcal disease prevention in high-income countries and Latin America.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Pooled it
- Meningococcal vaccination counts and public attention: A time-series study from Türkiye.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- Interplay between vaccine-related informational milestones, social media discourse, and vaccine administration rates for human papillomavirus and measles/mumps/rubella vaccines in the United States.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- Exploring trends and determinants of basic childhood vaccination coverage: Empirical evidence over 41 years.PloS one · 2024Article
- National or local infodemic? The demand for news in Italy during COVID-19.International journal of health economics and management · 2023Article
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Abstract
We estimate the effect of mass media coverage of the meningococcal disease on the uptake of meningococcal vaccinations in Hungary. Our analysis is based on administrative county-level data on vaccination purchases linked to indicators of media coverage of the meningococcal disease and to administrative records of disease incidence. Using geographical and time variations in these indicators, our fixed effects estimates indicate a strong positive effect of mass media coverage of the disease on the rate of vaccination with all types of the meningococcal vaccine. At the same time, we do not find evidence that disease incidence itself has a positive impact on vaccination. These findings are broadly in line with imperfect information and the principles of bounded rationality and highlight the responsibility of mass media in influencing health-related behaviours.
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