tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2011 Jan 4. [Epub ahead of print]
From the patient perspective: The economic value of seasonal and H1N1 influenza vaccination.
Lee BY, Bacon K, Donohue JM, Wiringa AE, Bailey RR, Zimmerman RK.
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Abstract
Although studies have suggested that a patient's perceived cost-benefit of a medical intervention could affect his or her utilization of the intervention, the economic value of influenza vaccine from the patient's perspective remains unclear. Therefore, we developed a stochastic decision analytic computer model representing an adult's decision of whether to get vaccinated. Different scenarios explored the impact of the patient being insured versus uninsured, influenza attack rate, vaccine administration costs and vaccination time costs. Results indicated that cost of avoiding influenza was fairly low, with one driver being required vaccination time. To encourage vaccination, decision makers may want to focus on ways to reduce this time, such as vaccinating at work, churches, or other normally frequented locations.
Copyright © 2010. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PMID: 21215340 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21215340
From the patient perspective: The economic value of seasonal and H1N1 influenza vaccination.
Lee BY, Bacon K, Donohue JM, Wiringa AE, Bailey RR, Zimmerman RK.
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Abstract
Although studies have suggested that a patient's perceived cost-benefit of a medical intervention could affect his or her utilization of the intervention, the economic value of influenza vaccine from the patient's perspective remains unclear. Therefore, we developed a stochastic decision analytic computer model representing an adult's decision of whether to get vaccinated. Different scenarios explored the impact of the patient being insured versus uninsured, influenza attack rate, vaccine administration costs and vaccination time costs. Results indicated that cost of avoiding influenza was fairly low, with one driver being required vaccination time. To encourage vaccination, decision makers may want to focus on ways to reduce this time, such as vaccinating at work, churches, or other normally frequented locations.
Copyright © 2010. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PMID: 21215340 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21215340