Influenza vaccines in low and middle income countries: a systematic review of economic evaluations.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Economic evaluations on influenza vaccination from low resource settings are scarce and have not been evaluated using a systematic approach. Our objective was to conduct a systematic review on the value for money of influenza vaccination in low- and middle-income countries.

Methods

PubMed and EMBASE were searched for economic evaluations published in any language between 1960 and 2011. Main outcome measures were costs per influenza outcome averted, costs per quality-adjusted life years gained or disability-adjusted life years averted, costs per benefit in monetary units or cost-benefit ratios.

Results

Nine economic evaluations on seasonal influenza vaccine met the inclusion criteria. These were model- or randomized-controlled-trial (RCT)-based economic eval

SUBMITTER: Ott JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3890229 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature