Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Strategies for Annual Influenza Vaccination among Children Aged 6 Months to 14 Years in Four Provinces in China

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• Alternative Title:
  PLoS One
• Personal Author:
  Zhou, Lei ; Situ, Sujian ; Feng, Zijian ; Atkins, Charisma Y. ; Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai ; Xu, Zhen ; Huang, Ting ; Hu, Shixiong ; Wang, Xianjun ; Meltzer, Martin I.
• Description:
  Background
  
  To support policy making, we developed an initial model to assess the cost-effectiveness of potential strategies to increase influenza vaccination rates among children in China.
  
  Methods
  
  We studied on children aged 6 months to 14 years in four provinces (Shandong, Henan, Hunan, and Sichuan), with a health care system perspective. We used data from 2005/6 to 2010/11, excluding 2009/10. Costs are reported in 2010 U.S. dollars.
  
  Results
  
  In comparison with no vaccination, the mean (range) of Medically Attended Cases averted by the current self-payment policy for the two age groups (6 to 59 months and 60 months to 14 years) was 1,465 (23∼11,132) and 792 (36∼4,247), and the cost effectiveness ratios were $ 0 (-11-51) and $ 37 (6-125) per case adverted, respectively. In comparison with the current policy, the incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) of alternative strategies, OPTION One-reminder and OPTION Two-comprehensive package, decreased as vaccination rate increased. The ICER for children aged 6 to 59 months was lower than that for children aged 60 months to 14 years.
  
  Conclusions
  
  The model is a useful tool in identifying elements for evaluating vaccination strategies. However, more data are needed to produce more accurate cost-effectiveness estimates of potential vaccination policies.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Costs And Cost Analysis Female Humans Infant Influenza Vaccines Male Mass Vaccination Models, Economic Prospective Studies Research Article

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• Source:
  PLoS One. 2014; 9(1).
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:25b05f7ff1962a79332965067afb0a7eacad3c09b0257789a96e661e0fb7d146
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27902/cdc_27902_DS1.pdf
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