THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINATION IN ESTONIA
Author(s)
Posiuniene I1, Saar I2, Van de Velde N3
1GSK Nordic, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2GSK Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia, 3GSK Vaccines, Wavre, Belgium
OBJECTIVES: Estonia is now considering adding a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in its national immunization program to help reduce the burden of invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD), pneumonia and acute otitis media (AOM). In this cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), we estimate the vaccine price under which vaccinating with the pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzaeprotein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) is considered cost-effective compared to no vaccination. METHODS: A static cohort model (Knerer et al.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2015-11, ISPOR Europe 2015, Milan, Italy
Value in Health, Vol. 18, No. 7 (November 2015)
Code
PIN45
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost-comparison, Effectiveness, Utility, Benefit Analysis
Disease
Infectious Disease (non-vaccine)