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ArticlePediatrics2020

Cost-effectiveness of Interventions to Increase HPV Vaccine Uptake.

Jennifer C Spencer, Noel T Brewer, Justin G Trogdon, Morris Weinberger, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, Stephanie B Wheeler

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Article in Pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Adapting Sexual Behavior Survey Data to Parameterize an Agent-Based Model of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Transmission.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2026
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  9. Comprehensive National Strategy for HPV Prevention and Treatment in Iran.International journal of health policy and management · 2025
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  20. Reducing Poverty-Related Disparities in Cervical Cancer: The Role of HPV Vaccination.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jennifer C SpencerDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts; jspencer@hsph.harvard.edu.
Noel T BrewerHealth Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health and.
Justin G TrogdonDepartments of Health Policy and Management and.
Morris WeinbergerDepartments of Health Policy and Management and.
Tamera Coyne-BeasleyDivision of Adolescent Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Stephanie B WheelerDepartments of Health Policy and Management and.

Funding

Training in Oncology Population Sciences (TOPS)T32CA092203 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Nancy L Keating, JENNIFER W MACK · 2018 to 2026
$3.7M
Cancer Care Quality Training ProgramT32CA116339 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ETHAN M. BASCH, Stephanie Brooke Wheeler · 2018 to 2026
$3.0M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA092203NCI NIH HHS T32 CA116339
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe sought to prioritize interventions for increasing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage based on cost-effectiveness from a US state perspective to inform decisions by policy makers.

methodsWe developed a dynamic simulation model of HPV transmission and progression scaled to a medium-sized US state (5 million individuals). We modeled outcomes over 50 years comparing no intervention to a one-year implementation of centralized reminder and recall for HPV vaccination, school-located HPV vaccination, or quality improvement (QI) visits to primary care clinics. We used probabilistic sensitivity analysis to assess a range of plausible outcomes associated with each intervention. Cost-effectiveness was evaluated relative to a conservative willingness-to-pay threshold; $50 000 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) .

resultsAll interventions were cost-effective, relative to no intervention. QI visits had the lowest cost and cost per QALY gained ($1538 versus no intervention). Statewide implementation of centralized reminder and recall cost $28 289 per QALY gained versus QI visits. School-located vaccination had the highest cost but was cost-effective at $18 337 per QALY gained versus QI visits. Scaling to the US population, interventions could avert 3000 to 14 000 future HPV cancers. When varying intervention cost and impact over feasible ranges, interventions were typically preferred to no intervention, but cost-effectiveness varied between intervention strategies.

conclusionsThree interventions for increasing HPV vaccine coverage were cost-effective and offered substantial health benefits. Policy makers seeking to increase HPV vaccination should, at minimum, dedicate additional funding for QI visits, which are consistently effective at low cost and may additionally consider more resource-intensive interventions (reminder and recall or school-located vaccination).

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Quality-Adjusted Life YearsAdolescentAlphapapillomavirusChildCost-Benefit AnalysisFemaleHumansMaleMarkov ChainsPapillomavirus InfectionsPapillomavirus VaccinesUnited StatesVaccinationPapillomavirus Vaccines

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PMID33199466
PMCPMC7786823

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