Post-introduction economic evaluation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Ecuador, Honduras, and Paraguay

• Main Author: Dagna O. Constenla
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization
• Subjects: Streptococcus pneumoniae; evaluación de costo-efectividad; años de vida perdidos por incapacidad; vacunas pneumocócicas; economía; Ecuador; Honduras; Paraguay; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Daly; Valet
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/3732f6daf87e4e90b57764504e7611d9

OBJECTIVE:A decision-analytic model was constructed to evaluate the economic impact of post-introduction pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) programs in Ecuador, Honduras, and Paraguay from the societal perspective. METHODS: Hypothetical birth cohorts were followed for a 20-year period in each coun...