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Dynamic Modelling of Infectious Diseases: An Application to the Economic Evaluation of Influenza Vaccination

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Roberto Pradas-Velasco (Centro Sagrado Corazon, Logrono, Spain)
Fernando Antonanzas-Villar (Universidad de la Rioja, Logrono, Spain)
Maria Puy Martinez-Zarate (Consejeria de Salud del Gobierno de la Rioja, Logrono, Spain)
Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the economic efficiency of influenza vaccination using both dynamic and static modelling approaches. Setting: The Spanish National Health System. Design and methods: We modelled the progress of an influenza epidemic in Spain according to the epidemiological pattern of susceptible->infective->resistant, employing a non-linear system of ordinary differential equations that enables the measurement of epidemiological effects of an anti-influenza vaccination. We used a decision tree to represent the repercussion on healthcare resources use and on financial resources. The same analyses were conducted using a static approach, and the results were compared. Healthcare costs were valued in Results: For the base case, the impact of the healthcare intervention (vaccination) was not efficient from the perspective of the healthcare payer when using a static approach (return rate 0.28 per Conclusions: The indirect effect of vaccination on the non-vaccinated individuals (the

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Article provided by Wolters Kluwer Health | Adis in its journal PharmacoEconomics.

Volume (Year): 26 (2008)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 45-56
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Keywords: Cost-analysis Influenza-virus-infections Influenza-virus-vaccine Modelling

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