Public health impact and return on investment of Belgium’s pediatric immunization program

Objective We evaluated the public health impact and return on investment of Belgium’s pediatric immunization program (PIP) from both healthcare-sector and societal perspectives. Methods We developed a decision analytic model for 6 vaccines routinely administered in Belgium for children aged 0–10 years: DTaP-IPV-HepB-Hib, DTaP-IPV, MMR, PCV, rotavirus, and meningococcal type C. We used separate decision trees to model each of the 11 vaccine-preventable pathogens: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, measles, mumps, rubella, Streptococcus pneumoniae , rot... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Carrico, Justin
Mellott, Claire E.
Talbird, Sandra E.
Bento-Abreu, André
Merckx, Barbara
Vandenhaute, Jessica
Benchabane, Damia
Dauby, Nicolas
Ethgen, Olivier
Lepage, Philippe
Luyten, Jeroen
Raes, Marc
Simoens, Steven
Van Ranst, Marc
Eiden, Amanda
Nyaku, Mawuli K.
Bencina, Goran
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Reihe/Periodikum: Frontiers in Public Health ; volume 11 ; ISSN 2296-2565
Verlag/Hrsg.: Frontiers Media SA
Schlagwörter: Public Health / Environmental and Occupational Health
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27006254
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1032385

Objective We evaluated the public health impact and return on investment of Belgium’s pediatric immunization program (PIP) from both healthcare-sector and societal perspectives. Methods We developed a decision analytic model for 6 vaccines routinely administered in Belgium for children aged 0–10 years: DTaP-IPV-HepB-Hib, DTaP-IPV, MMR, PCV, rotavirus, and meningococcal type C. We used separate decision trees to model each of the 11 vaccine-preventable pathogens: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, measles, mumps, rubella, Streptococcus pneumoniae , rotavirus, and meningococcal type C; hepatitis B was excluded because of surveillance limitations. The 2018 birth cohort was followed over its lifetime. The model projected and compared health outcomes and costs with and without immunization (based on vaccine-era and pre–vaccine era disease incidence estimates, respectively), assuming that observed reductions in disease incidence were fully attributable to vaccination. For the societal perspective, the model included productivity loss costs associated with immunization and disease in addition to direct medical costs. The model estimated discounted cases averted, disease-related deaths averted, life-years gained, quality-adjusted life-years gained, costs (2020 euros), and an overall benefit–cost ratio. Scenario analyses considered alternate assumptions for key model inputs. Results Across all 11 pathogens, we estimated that the PIP prevented 226,000 cases of infections and 200 deaths, as well as the loss of 7,000 life-years and 8,000 quality-adjusted life-years over the lifetime of a birth cohort of 118,000 children. The PIP was associated with discounted vaccination costs of €91 million from the healthcare-sector perspective and €122 million from the societal perspective. However, vaccination costs were more than fully offset by disease-related costs averted, with the latter amounting to a discounted €126 million and €390 million from the healthcare-sector and societal ...