Professor of International Management, BSP Business and Law School, 12247 Berlin, Germany
Research Article
Pre-Registration in COVID-19 Vaccination: The Case of Saarland
Author(s): Alexander Alscher*
Purpose: This study examines which vaccination organization system performed best in the COVID-19 pandemic to improve future vaccination organization.
Study design: The vaccination organization of every federal state is categorized as decentralized or centralized and analysed based on their daily vaccination rates and the vaccination time series of the federal state with the highest vaccination rate is analysed by using the Event Study Methodology (ESM).
Findings: In Germany’s federal state with the highest vaccination rate (i.e., Saarland), the change from a system of availability-based offerings to a pre-registration with preferences and automatic appointment allocation system was a significant performance factor.
Originality: A quasi-experimental study with a different vaccination organiz.. View More»