Cost-effectiveness of vaccination against pneumococcal bacteremia among elderly people

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1333-1339

  Sisk, Jane E ^a   Moskowitz, Alan J ^a   Whang, William ^a   Lin, Jean D ^b   Fedson, David S ^c,g,h   McBean, A Marshall ^d   Plouffe, Joseph F ^e   Cetron, Martin S ^f   Butler, Jay C ^f  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pasteur Merieux MSD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^h MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030771746     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.16.1333     Document Type: Article

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