Cost-effectiveness analysis of typhoid vaccination in Lao PDR.

ABSTRACT: Typhoid vaccination has been shown to be an effective intervention to prevent enteric fever and is under consideration for inclusion in the national immunization program in Lao PDR. A cost-utility analysis was performed using an age-structured static decision tree model to estimate the costs and health outcomes of introducing TCV. Vaccination strategies combined with five delivery approaches in different age groups compared to no vaccination were considered from the societal perspective, using the Gavi price of 1.5 USD per dose. The vaccination program was considered to be cost-effective if the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was less than a threshold of 1 GDP per capita for Lao PDR, equivalent to USD 2,535 in 2020. In the model, we estimated 172.2 cases of enteric fever, with 1.3 dea

SUBMITTER: Soukavong M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10656839 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature