Helen M Achat|Peter McIntyre|Margaret Burgess
Health care incentives in immunisation
National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance|National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance|National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance
australia introduced nationwide immunisation incentive scheme yet evaluated twoyear program offers financial rewards providers parents encourage childhood immunisationsto review use incentives immunisation uptake identify issues developing incentive program childhood immunisation examine findings within context australian schememedline searched immunization financial incentive immunization incentive english 1966 1998the search identified six 93 articles respectively six examined role material incentives influencing coverage immunisation references reviews identified three studies among nine studies two british six american one nicaraguan two reported intervention eight incentives examined four referred nonfinancial incentives food vouchers four monetary incentives parents 1 providers 3 groups receiving incentives three times likely immunised overall immunisation rates 17 higher comparison groupseffective incentives require collaboration key players using program appropriate characteristics population although varying costeffectiveness monetary nonmonetary incentives improve childhood immunisation uptake evaluation current programs including australian ones assist future allocation resources