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Type: | Artigo |
Title: | Economic impact of a rotavirus vaccine in Brazil |
Author: | Constenla, Dagna O Linhares, Alexandre C Rheingans, Richard D Antil, Lynn R Waldman, Eliseu A Silva, Luiz J da |
Abstract: | The study was done to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a national rotavirus vaccination programme in Brazilian children from the healthcare system perspective. A hypothetical annual birth-cohort was folÂlowed for a five-year period. Published and national administrative data were incorporated into a model to quantify the consequences of vaccination versus no vaccination. Main outcome measures included the reduction in disease burden, lives saved, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) averted. A rotavirus vacÂcination programme in Brazil would prevent an estimated 1,804 deaths associated with gastroenteritis due to rotavirus, 91,127 hospitalizations, and 550,198 outpatient visits. Vaccination is likely to reduce 76% of the overall healthcare burden of rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis in Brazil. At a vaccine price of US$ 7-8 per dose, the cost-effectiveness ratio would be US$ 643 per DALY averted. Rotavirus vaccination can reduce the burden of gastroenteritis due to rotavirus at a reasonable cost-effectiveness ratio |
Subject: | Rotavírus Custos e análise de custo |
Country: | Reino Unido |
Editor: | BioMed Central |
Rights: | Aberto |
Address: | https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JHPN/article/view/1880 |
Date Issue: | 2008 |
Appears in Collections: | FCM - Artigos e Outros Documentos |
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