Monetary incentives increase COVID-19 vaccinations

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Monetary incentives increase COVID-19 vaccinations. / Campos-Mercade, Pol; Schneider, Florian; Meier, Armando ; Meier, Stephan; Pope, Devin; Wengström, Erik.

I: Science, Bind 374, Nr. 6569, 07.10.2021, s. 879-882.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Campos-Mercade, P, Schneider, F, Meier, A, Meier, S, Pope, D & Wengström, E 2021, 'Monetary incentives increase COVID-19 vaccinations', Science, bind 374, nr. 6569, s. 879-882. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm0475

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Campos-Mercade, P., Schneider, F., Meier, A., Meier, S., Pope, D., & Wengström, E. (2021). Monetary incentives increase COVID-19 vaccinations. Science, 374(6569), 879-882. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm0475

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Campos-Mercade P, Schneider F, Meier A, Meier S, Pope D, Wengström E. Monetary incentives increase COVID-19 vaccinations. Science. 2021 okt. 7;374(6569):879-882. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm0475

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Campos-Mercade, Pol ; Schneider, Florian ; Meier, Armando ; Meier, Stephan ; Pope, Devin ; Wengström, Erik. / Monetary incentives increase COVID-19 vaccinations. I: Science. 2021 ; Bind 374, Nr. 6569. s. 879-882.

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