Economic Costs of Measles Outbreak in the Netherlands, 2013-2014.
In 2013 and 2014, the Netherlands experienced a measles outbreak in orthodox Protestant communities with low measles-mumps-rubella vaccination coverage. Assessing total outbreak costs is needed for public health outbreak preparedness and control. Total costs of this outbreak were an estimated $4.7 million.
Anita W M
AW
Suijkerbuijk
Tom
T
Woudenberg
Susan J M
SJ
Hahné
Laura
L
Nic Lochlainn
Hester E
HE
de Melker
Wilhelmina L M
WL
Ruijs
Anna K
AK
Lugnér
D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008457:Measles / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D014611:Vaccination / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*
D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
cost analysis; costs; disease outbreak; encephalitis; health care economics; measles; measles-mumps-rubella vaccine; primary prevention; religion and medicine; the Netherlands; vaccination; viruses