Policy evaluation for the subsidy for influenza vaccination in elderly

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 17-18, 2005, Pages 2256-2260

  Ohkusa, Yasushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Influenza; Subsidy for the elderly; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DRUG COST; DRUG SCREENING; EXAMINATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 14844315923     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.01.042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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