title: [Chinese strategies for hepatitis B virus markers screening in hepatitis B vaccination based on cost-effectiveness analysis].
abstract: By means of decision tree model and cost-effectiveness analysis 15 kinds of programmes which may be used for hepatitis B virus markers screening in vaccination were evaluated. The results showed that the most cost-effective alternative was to identify the negatives for anti-HBc again after testing for anti-HBs and vaccinating all test negatives. That is to say it must not be adopted for persons to be tested for HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc before being vaccinated. Sensitivity and threshold analysis were also done to determine the effects of changes in the costs of vaccine and screening tests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Shanxi Medical College, Taiyuan.
authors.forename: S X
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003663:Decision Trees; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D014611:Vaccination / Q000191:economics*
chemical_list: D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines