Vaccine Cost and Equitable Access

Cross-source consensus on Vaccine Cost and Equitable Access from 1 sources and 5 claims.

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Cost was identified as a significant barrier to COVID-19 vaccine uptake. — Ethics and dilemmas regarding acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among people living in an Indian metropolitan city during the pandemic: a qualitative study
The introduction of paid vaccination at private facilities was widely perceived as creating an inequitable two-tier system. — Ethics and dilemmas regarding acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among people living in an Indian metropolitan city during the pandemic: a qualitative study
Participants strongly favoured free or substantially reduced-price vaccines, with several calling for universal free access. — Ethics and dilemmas regarding acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among people living in an Indian metropolitan city during the pandemic: a qualitative study
Making vaccines free or deeply subsidised for lower-income populations was viewed as essential to broad uptake. — Ethics and dilemmas regarding acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among people living in an Indian metropolitan city during the pandemic: a qualitative study
One participant proposed a tier-based pricing model calibrated to individual or family economic status. — Ethics and dilemmas regarding acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among people living in an Indian metropolitan city during the pandemic: a qualitative study