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Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Mar 12:1-14. [Epub ahead of print]
Cost-effectiveness of influenza control measures: a dynamic transmission model-based analysis.
Chen SC, Liao CM.
Source
Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
Abstract
SUMMARY We investigated the cost-effectiveness of different influenza control strategies in a school setting in Taiwan. A susceptible-exposure-infected-recovery (SEIR) model was used to simulate influenza transmission and we used a basic reproduction number (R 0)-asymptomatic proportion (θ) control scheme to develop a cost-effectiveness model. Based on our dynamic transmission model and economic evaluation, this study indicated that the optimal cost-effective strategy for all modelling scenarios was a combination of natural ventilation and respiratory masking. The estimated costs were US$10/year per person in winter for one kindergarten student. The cost for hand washing was estimated to be US$32/year per person, which was much lower than that of isolation (US$55/year per person) and vaccination (US$86/year per person) in containing seasonal influenza. Transmission model-based, cost-effectiveness analysis can be a useful tool for providing insight into the impacts of economic factors and health benefits on certain strategies for controlling seasonal influenza.
PMID:
23481024
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23481024
Cost-effectiveness of influenza control measures: a dynamic transmission model-based analysis.
Chen SC, Liao CM.
Source
Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
Abstract
SUMMARY We investigated the cost-effectiveness of different influenza control strategies in a school setting in Taiwan. A susceptible-exposure-infected-recovery (SEIR) model was used to simulate influenza transmission and we used a basic reproduction number (R 0)-asymptomatic proportion (θ) control scheme to develop a cost-effectiveness model. Based on our dynamic transmission model and economic evaluation, this study indicated that the optimal cost-effective strategy for all modelling scenarios was a combination of natural ventilation and respiratory masking. The estimated costs were US$10/year per person in winter for one kindergarten student. The cost for hand washing was estimated to be US$32/year per person, which was much lower than that of isolation (US$55/year per person) and vaccination (US$86/year per person) in containing seasonal influenza. Transmission model-based, cost-effectiveness analysis can be a useful tool for providing insight into the impacts of economic factors and health benefits on certain strategies for controlling seasonal influenza.
PMID:
23481024
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23481024