The economic value of a quadrivalent versus trivalent influenza vaccine

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 52, 2012, Pages 7443-7446

  Lee, Bruce Y ^a,b   Bartsch, Sarah M ^a,b   Willig, Alyssa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Influenza; Quadrivalent vaccine; Trivalent vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REIMBURSEMENT; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870557383     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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