Economic evaluation of vaccination against influenza in the elderly: An experience from a population-based influenza vaccination program in Taiwan

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1973-1980

  Wang, Sen Te ^a,b   Lee, Long Teng ^b,c   Chen, Li Sheng ^a   Chen, Tony Hsiu Hsi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Efficacy; Influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 14244259423     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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