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Cost-effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination in Working-age Cancer Patients by Elenir B. C. Avritscher; Catherine D. Cooksley; Jane M. Geraci; Benjamin N. Bekele; Scott B. Cantor; Kenneth V. Rolston; Linda S. Elting is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Despite recommendations to immunize all patients at an increased risk of influenza complications, the vaccine utilization among high‐risk nonelderly adults remains low and its cost‐effectiveness is unclear. In the current study, the authors analyzed the cost‐effectiveness of influenza vaccination in working‐age (ages 20–64 years) cancer patients. ## METHODS. The authors developed a decision‐analytic model, from the societal perspective, using epidemiologic, vaccine effectiveness, resource utilization, cost, survival, and utility data from published sources, supplemented with data collected from the authors' own institutional accounting system. Two strategies were compared: influenza vaccination of working‐age cancer patients and no vaccination. The base‐case patient was assumed to be a 51‐year‐old cancer patient (the mean age for the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results [SEER] population of working‐age patients within 5 years of cancer diagnosis). ## RESULTS. The effectiveness of the influenza vaccine was 6.02 quality‐adjusted life‐years (QALYs) at a cost of $30.10. The effectiveness of the no vaccination strategy was 6.
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- Author
- Elenir B. C. Avritscher; Catherine D. Cooksley; Jane M. Geraci; Benjamin N. Bekele; Scott B. Cantor; Kenneth V. Rolston; Linda S. Elting
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0008-543X)
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)