Vaccinations. Economic evaluation (2003)

Assessment of Austrian vaccination programs including a cost-benefit analysis of measles vaccination (in German)

The main target of the report "Vaccinations. Economic evaluation " were all transmittable, vaccine-preventable infectious diseases with statutory case reporting in Austria. These are poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping-cough), measles, hepatitis B and encephalitis as a consequence of measles or haemophilus influenzae Type B.

Key chapters are:

Vaccinations in Austria: history of vaccination (especially Austrian Childhood Vaccination program 1998), public immunisation goals, funding of vaccination programms, incident rates and immunisation coverage of above mentioned transmittable diseases
International situation: eradication and immunisation targets of the European Union and World Health Organisation and measures to fight transmittable, vaccine-preventable infectious disease; systematic cross-country comparison of the Austrian situation and incidence rates and immunisation coverage in the EU
Economic evaluation: meta-analysis of economic evaluations of various international vaccination and eradication programs, development of an evaluation model for measles taking into consideration parameters like average cost of illness, complication rates, immunisation cost, adverse events following measles vaccination, etc.; estimation of the average cost of measles infections in Austrian, cost-benefit ratio for measles vaccination, demonstration of economical gain

The table of contents (in German) may be downloaded below!Download Table of Content: Impfungen. Ökonomische Evaluation

Client: Austrian Federal Ministry for Health and Women

Editor: ÖBIG (Austrian Health Institute

Place of publication: Vienna

Year of publication: Juni 2003

ISBN: 3-85159-061-9

Number of pages: 96 pages, 13 tables, 9 figures, appendix (German only)

Reimbursement of expenses: € 29,00