SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS OF ALTERNATE IMMUNIZATION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS
Author(s)
Alvis Zakzuk J1, Janusz Bess C2, Alvis Guzman N3
1Alzak foundation, Cartagena, Colombia, 2Panamerican Health Organization, Washington DC, DC, USA, 3Universidad de Cartagena. Centro de Investigación y Docencia. Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
OBJECTIVES: To systematically assess the economic evaluation (EE) literature on immunization strategies used for the control of meningococcal meningitis. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review of papers published on meningococcal vaccines (MV) between 1995 and 2015 and retrievable from the PubMed database. The type of EE, MV and/or vaccine strategies being compared; modelling approach; incidence rates, herd effects and costs were extracted and summarized. Drummond 1996 critical appraisal checklist was applied to conduct a quality assessment. Costs and vaccine prices (VP) were converted to international dollars 2013. RESULTS:
Conference/Value in Health Info
2016-05, ISPOR 2016, Washington DC, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 19, No. 3 (May 2016)
Code
PIN37
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost-comparison, Effectiveness, Utility, Benefit Analysis
Disease
Multiple Diseases