Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles

Title

Additional Lives Saved During COVID-19? How Vaccination Affects Willingness to Go to the Doctor

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-24-2022

Publication Title

Journal of Economic Research

Keywords

Vaccination, COVID-19, Delayed Medical Care, Household Pulse Survey

ISSN

2713-6418

Volume

27

Issue/No.

3

First Page

235

Last Page

254

Abstract

At the beginning of the recent pandemic, many individuals who had not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 skipped or postponed doctor visits for fear of exposure to the disease. This disruption in health care may have had significant negative impacts on their health. To test the hypothesis that becoming vaccinated reduced this hesitancy, we employ Census Household Pulse Survey data for January 2021-July 2021, while controlling for selection, time trends, supply factors, and demographics. We find that medical care avoidance increased with non-vaccinated status. We take this as evidence of additional second-order adverse medical outcomes of the pandemic in addition to the virus itself.

ORCID ID

0000-0001-8861-0898

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