Value of inventory information in allocating a limited supply of influenza vaccine during a pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the value of information on vaccine inventory levels during an influenza pandemic, we propose a simulation study to compare vaccine allocation strategies using: (i) only population information (pro-rata, or population-based, PB), (ii) both population and vaccine inventory information (population and inventory-based, PIB).

Methods

We adapt an agent-based simulation model to predict the spread of the disease both geographically and temporally. We study PB and PIB when uptake rates vary geographically. The simulation study is done from 2015 to 2017, using population and commuting data from the state of Georgia from the United States census.

Findings

Compared to PB under reasonable scenarios, PIB reduces the infection attack rate from 23.4% to 22.4

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6201932 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature