Public Finance of Rotavirus Vaccination in India and Ethiopia: Extended CEA
2013
This study uses extended cost-effectiveness analysis (ECEA) to evaluate a hypothetical publicly financed program for rotavirus vaccination in India and Ethiopia. The authors measured program impact on: (1) averted rotavirus deaths; (2) reduction in household expenditures; (3) financial risk protection; and (4) distributional consequences across the country’s wealth strata.
In India and Ethiopia, the program was predicted to decrease rotavirus deaths substantially, and effectively provide financial risk protection among the poor, while also reducing household expenditures across all income groups. Potential additional indirect benefits of vaccination would increase program benefits among all income groups, whereas potentially decreased vaccine efficacy among poorer households would reduce the equity benefits of the program.
Public Finance of Rotavirus Vaccination in India and Ethiopia: Extended CEA
Source:
Verguet S, Murphy S, Anderson B et al. Public Finance of Rotavirus Vaccination in India and Ethiopia: An Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Vaccine 2013; 31 (42): 4902-4910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.07.014
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