Costs of childhood vaccine delivery in Iraq: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In recent years, Iraq has expanded and revised the childhood immunisation schedule, but estimates of the costs of the programme are unavailable. The objective of this study was to estimate the economic costs of delivering childhood vaccines in Iraq from a government perspective.

Setting

Health facilities were sampled using multistage probabilistic sampling and stratifying the country into three regions: Central and South, North/Kurdistan Region, and Retaken Areas. Cost data were collected from 97 health facilities and 44 district and regional vaccine stores. Total national costs were extrapolated using sample weight calibration.

Participants

Administrators at each health facility and vaccine store were interviewed using a standardised survey.

Primary and

SUBMITTER: Garcia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9472113 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature