Cost effectiveness and cost benefit of viral hepatitis B vaccination in the Slovak Republic.
Cent Eur J Public Health
; 10(4): 146-8, 2002 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-12528387
In our work we tried to evaluate the cost effectiveness (CEA) and cost benefit (CBA) of the vaccination strategy of viral hepatitis B (VHB) vaccination in Slovakia. Retrospectively we analysed the incidence of VHB before and after the vaccination against VHB. From the calculated yearly cost (direct and indirect)--treatment costs and vaccination costs--we tried to calculate the estimated financial costs of vaccination strategy in 2000 (89.4 mil. SK), the saved costs (92 mil. SK), cost effectiveness (201 642 SK) and cost benefit (2.70 SK). First a decrease of the incidence (after introduction of measures to prevent nosocomial transmission) had been achieved by vaccination of selected risk groups of the population. A significant positive impact on the incidence of VHB is expected from mass preventive vaccination of infants, introduced in Slovakia in 1998.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Vacunas contra Hepatitis B
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Hepatitis B
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cent Eur J Public Health
Asunto de la revista:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
República Checa