1. Rotavirus vaccination in northeast Brazil: a laudable intervention, but can it lead to cost-savings?
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Centenari C, Gurgel RQ, Bohland AK, Oliveira DM, Faragher B, and Cuevas LE
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- Brazil epidemiology, Child, Preschool, Cost of Illness, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Diarrhea economics, Diarrhea epidemiology, Diarrhea virology, Health Care Costs, Humans, Immunization Programs economics, Incidence, Linear Models, Rotavirus immunology, Rotavirus Infections economics, Rotavirus Infections epidemiology, Diarrhea prevention & control, Rotavirus Infections prevention & control, Rotavirus Vaccines economics
- Abstract
This study assessed the family and heath system's costs due to diarrhoea in children <2 years old, before/after the introduction of a rotavirus vaccine in Brazil in 2006. Information on diarrhoea health care costs and morbidity were obtained from the primary health care system, the National Public Health database (2004-2008) and care-givers. Diarrhoea ambulatory consultations and hospitalizations had a declining trend during the entire period, with additional steeper reductions after vaccine introduction. The vaccine thus is associated with reduced diarrhoea consultations and hospitalization costs and families' out-of-pocket expenses. Despite these gains, the overall health system's costs have increased., (Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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