A systematic review of vaccine preventable disease surveillance cost studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Planning and monitoring vaccine introduction and effectiveness relies on strong vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) surveillance. In low and middle-income countries (LMICs) especially, cost is a commonly reported barrier to VPD surveillance system maintenance and performance; however, it is rarely calculated or assessed. This review describes and compares studies on the availability of cost information for VPD surveillance systems in LMICs to facilitate the design of future cost studies of VPD surveillance.

Methods

PubMed, Web of Science, and EconLit were used to identify peer-reviewed articles and Google was searched for relevant grey literature. Studies selected described characteristics and results of VPD surveillance systems cost studies performed in LMICs. Stud

SUBMITTER: Erondu NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6501781 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature