Using Health Economics to Inform Immunization Policy Across All Levels of Government.

ABSTRACT: Publicly funded immunization programs have grown in both complexity and scope, resulting in increased costs and more complex programmatic decision making. Economic evaluations can provide crucial information to support informed decision making. While very few countries have National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups that analyze economic information, many have started to develop processes for this purpose. Since these guidelines are being developed at the national level, we propose that regional jurisdictions, especially those responsible for healthcare (e.g., provinces, territories, states), need clear processes for incorporating this information into their immunization decision making and program implementation. We interviewed Canadian vaccine experts involved in provincial vaccine

SUBMITTER: Rafferty E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9440180 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature