Identification and Prioritization of the Economic Impacts of Vaccines
Joint Authors
Putten, Ingeborg M. van der
Paulus, Aggie T. G.
Evers, Silvia M. A. A.
Hutubessy, Raymond C. W.
Hiligsmann, Mickael
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Understanding the most important economic impacts of vaccines can provide relevant information to stakeholders when selecting vaccine immunization strategies from a broader perspective.
This study was therefore designed to first identify economic impacts to vaccinated individuals and, second, assess the relative importance of these economic impacts.
A four-step approach was used, including a review of the literature, a pilot study, and expert consultation.
As a fourth step, a survey utilizing a best-worst scaling was conducted among 26 different stakeholders to assess the relative importance of the identified economic impacts.
In each of the 15 choice tasks, participants were asked to choose the most important and the least important economic impact from a set of four from the master list.
We identified 23 economic impacts relevant for vaccine introduction.
Four domains were identified, namely, health related benefits to vaccinated individuals, short- and long-term productivity gains, community or health systems externalities, and broader economic indicators.
The first domain was seen as especially important with mortality, health care expenditure, and morbidity ranking in the top three overall.
In conclusion, our study suggests that domain A “health related benefits to vaccinated individuals” are valued as more important than the other economic impacts.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Putten, Ingeborg M. van der& Paulus, Aggie T. G.& Evers, Silvia M. A. A.& Hutubessy, Raymond C. W.& Hiligsmann, Mickael. 2016. Identification and Prioritization of the Economic Impacts of Vaccines. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098424
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Putten, Ingeborg M. van der…[et al.]. Identification and Prioritization of the Economic Impacts of Vaccines. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098424
American Medical Association (AMA)
Putten, Ingeborg M. van der& Paulus, Aggie T. G.& Evers, Silvia M. A. A.& Hutubessy, Raymond C. W.& Hiligsmann, Mickael. Identification and Prioritization of the Economic Impacts of Vaccines. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098424
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1098424