Universal vaccination of children against hepatitis a in Chile: a cost-effectiveness study

Abstract

Objective. To evaluate the healthcare and economic impact of routine hepatitis A vaccination of toddlers in Chile. Methods. We used a dynamic model of hepatitis

Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination in Indonesia

“…8 In the context of health economic perspective, however, the implementation of the one-dose vaccine schedule would be more realistic to be implemented in Indonesia. Related to the sensitivity analyses, the results in this study reconfirmed the results from several previous studies that the vaccine price, [18][19][20] mortality rate, 21 and discount rate, 14,18,22,23 were the most influential parameters impacting the ICERs in the implementation of hepatitis A vaccination. However, the dominant role of the vaccine price might lead the small difference between the ICERs from the healthcare and societal perspectives.…”

Contributions from the systematic review of economic evaluations: the case of childhood hepatitis A vaccination in Brazil

“…Methodological characteristics of the studies Table 1 shows the methodological characteristics of the 10 studies 20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29 analyzed in the current review. Half of the studies were conducted in developed countries, the oldest 20 failed to specify the country but used U.S. data in its analysis, three studies were performed in the United States 21,22,23 , and one in Israel 24 .…”

“…Half of the studies were conducted in developed countries, the oldest 20 failed to specify the country but used U.S. data in its analysis, three studies were performed in the United States 21,22,23 , and one in Israel 24 . Four studies were conducted in South America, including two in Chile 25,26 and two in Argentina 27,28 , and one study in China 29 .…”

“…In addition to society's perspective, four studies 22,25,26,29 also took the perspectives of the healthcare system and public payer, which are relevant for assisting decision-making in the health sector.…”

“…Two studies used dynamic models 26,27 . The inclusion of herd protection in the economic analysis can make the program more cost-effective, because it increases the number of cases averted.…”