tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2013 Jan 7;9(3). [Epub ahead of print]
Economic benefits of inactivated influenza vaccines in the prevention of seasonal influenza in children.
Salleras L, Navas E, Torner N, Prat AA, Garrido P, Soldevila N, Dom?nguez A.
Source
Department of Public Health; School of Medicine; University of Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain; Public Health Agency of Catalonia; Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiolog?a y Salud P?blica (CIBERESP); Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to systematically review published studies that evaluated the efficiency of inactivated influenza vaccination in preventing seasonal influenza in children. The vaccine evaluated was the influenza-inactivated vaccine in 10 studies and the virosomal inactivated vaccine in three studies. The results show that yearly vaccination of children with the inactivated influenza vaccine saves money from the societal and family perspectives but not from the public or private provider perspective. When vaccination does not save money, the cost-effectiveness ratios were very acceptable. It can be concluded, that inactivated influenza vaccination of children is a very efficient intervention.
PMID:
23295894
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23295894
Economic benefits of inactivated influenza vaccines in the prevention of seasonal influenza in children.
Salleras L, Navas E, Torner N, Prat AA, Garrido P, Soldevila N, Dom?nguez A.
Source
Department of Public Health; School of Medicine; University of Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain; Public Health Agency of Catalonia; Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiolog?a y Salud P?blica (CIBERESP); Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to systematically review published studies that evaluated the efficiency of inactivated influenza vaccination in preventing seasonal influenza in children. The vaccine evaluated was the influenza-inactivated vaccine in 10 studies and the virosomal inactivated vaccine in three studies. The results show that yearly vaccination of children with the inactivated influenza vaccine saves money from the societal and family perspectives but not from the public or private provider perspective. When vaccination does not save money, the cost-effectiveness ratios were very acceptable. It can be concluded, that inactivated influenza vaccination of children is a very efficient intervention.
PMID:
23295894
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23295894