A comparative cost analysis of the Vaccination Program for US-bound Refugees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccination Program for US-bound Refugees (VPR) currently provides one or two doses of some age-specific Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)-recommended vaccines to US-bound refugees prior to departure.

Methods

We quantified and compared the full vaccination costs for refugees using two scenarios: (1) the baseline of no VPR and (2) the current situation with VPR. Under the first scenario, refugees would be fully vaccinated after arrival in the United States. For the second scenario, refugees would receive one or two doses of selected vaccines before departure and complete the recommended vaccination schedule after arrival in the United States. We evaluated costs for the full vaccination schedule and for the subset of vaccines provided by VPR by fou

SUBMITTER: Joo H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5851828 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature