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Economic evaluation of measles vaccination options reviewed.
2003 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An economic evaluation of options for measles vaccination strategies in a hypothetical Western European country has been published recently.
"In this study, an analysis was made of economic costs and medical effects (by cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis) associated with measles vaccination in a hypothetical Western European country," investigators in Belgium and England report.
"We analyzed 10 vaccination options in terms of past and future vaccination coverage," said Philippe Beutels at the University of Antwerp in Belgium and N. J. Gay at the Public Health Laboratory Service in UK. "We show that several of the proposed strategies for improving measles vaccination coverage are preferable to maintaining the existing policies, regardless of past coverage and the viewpoint of the analysis. For society, very high coverage (95%) two-dose vaccination is most optimal, irrespective of past vaccination coverage."
"The addition of a one-time campaign (to reduce susceptibility in (pre-)adolescent age groups) to such a high coverage two-dose vaccination program is cost-saving to the health-care payer and to society when coverage in ...
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire June 14, 2003 700+ words
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- Measles vaccination rate for students still low.
- Magazine article from: Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri December 4, 2008 700+ words
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- Teen measles vaccination rate under 40%.
- Magazine article from: Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri September 7, 2008 700+ words
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- News wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh February 25, 2006 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, Economic evaluation of measles vaccination options reviewed.