title: Economic benefits of inactivated influenza vaccines in the prevention of seasonal influenza in children.
abstract: The aim of this study was to systematically review published studies that evaluated the efficiency of inactivated influenza vaccination in preventing seasonal influenza in children. The vaccine evaluated was the influenza-inactivated vaccine in 10 studies and the virosomal inactivated vaccine in 3 studies. The results show that yearly vaccination of children with the inactivated influenza vaccine saves money from the societal and family perspectives but not from the public or private provider perspective. When vaccination does not save money, the cost-effectiveness ratios were very acceptable. It can be concluded, that inactivated influenza vaccination of children is a very efficient intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health; School of Medicine; University of Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain; Public Health Agency of Catalonia; Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP); Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salleras
authors.forename: Encarna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Navas
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Torner
authors.forename: Andreu A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Prat
authors.forename: Patricio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garrido
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soldevila
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domínguez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000191:economics*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000191:economics
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated
keywords: cost-benefit; cost-effectiveness; cost-utility; economic evaluation; efficiency; influenza vaccination