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The Economic Value of a Quadrivalent versus Trivalent Influenza Vaccine
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Oct 19 2012
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Source: Vaccine. 2012; 30(52):7443-7446.
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Alternative Title:Vaccine
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Description:The recently licensed quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine (QIV) may provide better protection than the traditional trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV) as it includes one more influenza B strain. We developed a Monte Carlo simulation model to determine the economic value of a QIV compared to the TIV for 10 influenza seasons (1999-2009). The addition of the influenza B strain to convert the TIV into a QIV could result in substantial cost-savings to society (median of $3.1 billion) and third party payers (median of $292 million), even when the cost of QIV is significantly higher.
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Pubmed ID:23084849
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC3696129
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