Economic evaluation of Varicella vaccination: results of a systematic review.
Hum Vaccin Immunother
; 9(9): 1932-42, 2013 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The aim of the present study is to review the economic burden of varicella disease and the benefit of universal varicella vaccination in different settings pending its implementation in all Italian regions. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Research was conducted using PubMed, Scopus and ISI databases. Score quality and data extraction were performed for all included studies.RESULTS:
Twenty-three articles met the criteria 15 cost-effectiveness, 8 cost-benefit and one cost-utility analysis. Varicella vaccination could save the society from 637,762 (infant strategy) to 53 million annually (combined infant and adolescent strategy). The median and the mean quality scores resulted in 91.8% and 85.4% respectively; 11 studies were considered of high quality and 12 of low quality.DISCUSSION:
The studies are favorable to the introduction of universal varicella vaccination in Italy, being cost saving and having a positive impact on morbidity. The quality score of the studies varied greatly recent analyses were of comparable quality to older studies.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Varicela
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Vacinação
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Vacina contra Varicela
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article