Economic evaluation of vaccines in Canada: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Economic evaluations should form part of the basis for public health decision making on new vaccine programs. While Canada's national immunization advisory committee does not systematically include economic evaluations in immunization decision making, there is increasing interest in adopting them. We therefore sought to examine the extent and quality of economic evaluations of vaccines in Canada.

Objective

We conducted a systematic review of economic evaluations of vaccines in Canada to determine and summarize: comprehensiveness across jurisdictions, studied vaccines, funding sources, study designs, research quality, and changes over time.

Methods

Searches in multiple databases were conducted using the terms "vaccine," "economics" and "Canada." Descriptive

SUBMITTER: Chit A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4963050 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature