Cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination of healthy children

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 4934-4941

  Salo, Heini ^a   Kilpi, Terhi ^a   Sintonen, Harri ^b   Linna, Miika ^a   Peltola, Ville ^c   Heikkinen, Terho ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Cost effectiveness; Influenza vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FAMILY; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIETY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FINLAND; HEALTH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 33646857887     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.03.057     Document Type: Article

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