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Article: Evaluating the Benefits of Increasing Measles Immunization Rates.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Health Services Research
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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Objective. To calculate the cost-effectiveness, expressed in dollars per quality-adjusted life years (QALY), of increasing measles immunization rates.
Data Sources/Study Design. Published data were supplemented by expert opinion. We determined the cost savings and value of the health benefits from averting a single case of measles. Next we examined the U. S. data regarding the relationship between pre-school measles immunization and incidence rates. Finally, we calculated the cost-effectiveness of a program that would increase a locality's immunization rate to the point of disease elimination.
Principal Findings. Averting a single case of measles, using ...