Pharmacoeconomic Justification for the Inclusion of Vaccination Against Varicella in the Regional Calendar of Preventive Vaccinations on the Example of the Penza Region

Abstract

The article presents the pharmacoeconomic rationale for the inclusion of vaccination against varicella in the regional calendar of preventive vaccinations on the example of the Penza region. Varicella remains one of the most common infectious diseases in the studied region and in the Russian Federation as a whole. With the limited amount of budget funds allocated for the program of vaccination, it is necessary to assess their economic efficiency. For the economic evaluation, there was developed the algorithm of calculations contained in the software based on MS Excel in order to get the result when you change the source of regional data. As a result of calculations, the vaccination in the Penza region was revealed to be a profitable investment. The sustainability of the two-time vaccination of a cohort of children aged 1 year against the Varicella held in 2016, will come in for 2018, and further savings (prevented damage) will increase steadily. By the end of 2029, “net economic benefit” will be about 246.5 million rubles, the damage prevented would exceed the cost of the vaccination of a cohort of 6 times.