García Fariñas, Anai; Linares-Pérez, Nivaldo; Clark, Andrew; Toledo-Romaní, María Eugenia; Omeiri, Nathalie El; Marrero Araújo, Martha C; Gonzálvez Luis, Isabel Pilar; Toraño Peraza, Gilda; Reyes Jiménez, Alicia; López Ambrón, Lena; +1 more... Cuban Pneumococcal Vaccine Working Group; (2020) Cost-effectiveness of introducing a domestic pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7-TT) into the Cuban national immunization programme. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 97. pp. 182-189. ISSN 1201-9712 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.078
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of introducing a domestic pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7-TT) into the Cuban National Immunization Program (NIP). METHODS: We compared PCV7-TT given at two, four and six months of age to a scenario without PCV7-TT, over a ten-year period (2020-2029). We calculated the cost (Cuban pesos - CUP) per Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) averted from a Government perspective. We compared results from a static cohort model and a parsimonious prediction model informed by the serotype distribution among pneumococcal carriers and cases. We ran probabilistic and deterministic uncertainty analyses. RESULTS: PCV7-TT could prevent 6897 (95% uncertainty interval, 4344-8750) hospitalizations and 189 (115-253) deaths in children <5 years of age, over the period 2020-2029. This could cost around 25 million (20-31) discounted CUP but would be offset by treatment cost savings of around 23 million (14-31). A parsimonious model predicted less favourable impact and cost-effectiveness but the cost per DALY averted was still less than 0.4 times the current GDP per capita. CONCLUSIONS: PCV7-TT is likely to be cost-effective in Cuba. The impact of the vaccine would need to be carefully monitored following its introduction into the NIP.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department | Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Health Services Research and Policy |
Research Centre |
Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Vaccine Centre |
Research Group | Cuban Pneumococcal Vaccine Working Group |
PubMed ID | 32474199 |
Elements ID | 148817 |