title: Health economics of dengue: a systematic literature review and expert panel's assessment.
abstract: Dengue vaccines are currently in development and policymakers need appropriate economic studies to determine their potential financial and public health impact. We searched five databases (PubMed, EMBASE, LILAC, EconLit, and WHOLIS) to identify health economics studies of dengue. Forty-three manuscripts were identified that provided primary data: 32 report economic burden of dengue and nine are comparative economic analyses assessing various interventions. The remaining two were a willingness-to-pay study and a policymaker survey. An expert panel reviewed the existing dengue economic literature and recommended future research to fill information gaps. Although dengue is an important vector-borne disease, the economic literature is relatively sparse and results have often been conflicting because of use of inconsistent assumptions. Health economic research specific to dengue is urgently needed to ensure informed decision making on the various options for controlling and preventing this disease.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative, International Vaccine Institute, Kwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea. mbeatty@pdvi.org
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Beatty
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beutels
authors.forename: Martin I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Meltzer
authors.forename: Donald S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Shepard
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hombach
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hutubessy
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dessis
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Coudeville
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dervaux
authors.forename: Ole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wichmann
authors.forename: Harold S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Margolis
authors.forename: Joel N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kuritsky
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D003715:Dengue / Q000191:economics*; D053059:Dengue Vaccines / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D053059:Dengue Vaccines