1. Impact and cost-effectiveness analyses of vaccination for prevention of respiratory syncytial virus disease among older adults in Ontario: A Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) study.
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Shoukat A, Bawden CE, Röst G, LeBlanc JJ, Galvani AP, Langley JM, and Moghadas SM
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- Humans, Aged, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Ontario, Vaccination, Quality-Adjusted Life Years, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections prevention & control, Communicable Diseases, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human, Vaccines, Viral Vaccines, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines
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Background: Two prefusion F protein-based vaccines, Arexvy and Abrysvo, have been approved by Health Canada for protecting older adults against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated lower respiratory tract disease. We estimated the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of these vaccines under a publicly funded single-dose vaccination program in Ontario that targets residents of long-term care homes (LTCHs). Additionally, we evaluated an extended program that broadens vaccination to include community-dwelling older adults., Methods: A discrete-event simulation model was parameterised with the burden of RSV disease including outpatient care, hospitalisation, and death among adults aged 60 years or older in Ontario, Canada. Accounting for direct and indirect costs (in 2023 Canadian dollars) associated with RSV-related outcomes, we calculated the net monetary benefit using quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained, and determined the range of price-per-dose (PPD) for vaccination programs to be cost-effective from both healthcare and societal perspectives over two RSV seasons. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was calculated to estimate the additional costs required to gain one QALY., Results: Using a willingness-to-pay of $50,000 per QALY gained, we found that vaccinating 90% of residents in LTCHs with Arexvy would be cost-effective from a societal perspective for a PPD up to $163, producing a mean ICER value of $49,984 (95% CI: $47,539 to $52,704) per QALY gained with a two-year budget impact of $463,468 per 100,000 older adults. The reduction of hospitalizations was estimated at 7.0% compared to the no-vaccination scenario. Extending the program to include community-dwelling older adults with a 74% coverage akin to influenza vaccination, Arexvy remains cost-effective for a PPD up to $139, with a mean ICER value of $49,698 (95% CI: 48,022 to 51,388) per QALY gained and a two-year budget impact of $8.63 million. Compared to the no-vaccination scenario, the extended program resulted in a 57.3% reduction in RSV-related hospitalisations., Conclusions: Vaccinating residents of LTCHs against RSV disease would be cost-effective depending on PPD; extending the program to community-dwelling older adults would provide substantial health benefits, averting significant direct healthcare costs and productivity losses., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: A Shoukat, is employed at BlueDot. GSK is a client of BlueDot. The contractual relationship between GSK and BlueDot began after the work in this study was completed, and is unrelated to this study. JM Langley’s institution, Dalhousie University, has received funds for clinical trials conducted by the Canadian Center for Vaccinology from GSK, Janssen, Sanofi, Immunovaccine, Inventprise, Merck, Pfizer, VIDO, VBI and Entos. JJ LeBlanc reports advisory roles to Pfizer, Merck, Janssen, and Sanofi, outside the work presented here. SM Moghadas previously had advisory roles for Janssen Canada and Sanofi unrelated to this study. Other authors declare that they have no competing interests., (Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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