During the 'decade of vaccines,' the lives of 6.4 million children valued at $231 billion could be saved

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1010-1020

  Ozawa, Sachiko ^a   Stack, Meghan L ^b   Bishai, David M ^b   Mirelman, Andrew ^b   Friberg, Ingrid K ^b   Niessen, Louis ^b   Walker, Damian G ^c   Levine, Orin S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Bloomberg School   (United States)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; DEATH; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; VACCINES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 79959501432     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0381     Document Type: Article

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