An economic evaluation and incremental analysis of the cost effectiveness of three universal childhood varicella vaccination strategies for Ireland

CONCLUSION: A one-dose strategy was highly cost effective from the payer perspective, driven by a reduction in hospitalisations. Two-dose strategies were cost saving from the societal perspective. These results should be considered alongside other factors such as acceptability of a new vaccine within the overall childhood immunisation schedule, programme objectives and budget impact.PMID:38609807 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.027

Source: Herpes - April 12, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Susan Ahern John Browne Aileen Murphy Conor Teljeur M áirín Ryan Source Type: research