Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Latin America and the Caribbean: a regional analysis Rentabilidad médica de la vacunación antineumocócica en América Latina y el Caribe: un análisis regional

• Main Authors: Anushua Sinha, Dagna Constenla, Juan Esteban Valencia, Rosalyn O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Gomez, Fernando de la Hoz, Maria Teresa Valenzuela, Ciro A. de Quadros
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2008
• Subjects: Streptococcus pneumoniae; vacunas neumocócicas; costos y análisis de costo; árboles de decisión; otitis media; neumonía; sepsis; meningitis; América Latina; región del Caribe; pneumococcal vaccines; costs and cost analysis; decision trees; pneumonia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Daly
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/f1c8217f4f144c6a9f13126510920cf4

OBJECTIVE: In Latin America and the Caribbean, routine vaccination of infants against Streptococcus pneumoniae would need substantial investment by governments and donor organizations. Policymakers need information about the projected health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of vaccination whe...