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ArticlePloS one2021

The impact and cost-effectiveness of introducing the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the paediatric immunisation programme in Iceland-A population-based time series analysis.

Elias Eythorsson, Tinna L Ásgeirsdóttir, Helga Erlendsdóttir, Birgir Hrafnkelsson, Karl G Kristinsson, Ásgeir Haraldsson

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elias EythorssonFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0002-0277-7628
Tinna L ÁsgeirsdóttirFaculty of Economics, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Helga ErlendsdóttirFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Birgir HrafnkelssonDepartment of Mathematics, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Karl G KristinssonFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Ásgeir HaraldssonFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0001-5364-7877
University of Iceland · IS

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionStreptococcus pneumoniae is a cause of infections that range in severity from acute otitis media (AOM) to pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). The 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV10) was introduced into the Icelandic paediatric immunisation programme in 2011. The aim was to estimate the population impact and cost-effectiveness of PHiD-CV10 introduction.

methodsData on primary care visits from 2005-2015 and hospitalisations from 2005-2017 were obtained from population-based registries. A Bayesian time series analysis with synthetic controls was employed to estimate the number of cases of AOM, pneumonia and IPD that would have occurred between 2013-2017, had PHiD-CV10 not been introduced. Prevented cases were calculated by subtracting the observed number of cases from this estimate. The cost of the programme was calculated accounting for cost-savings due to prevented cases.

resultsThe introduction of PHiD-CV10 prevented 13,767 (95% credible interval [CI] 2,511-29,410) visits for AOM from 2013-2015, and prevented 1,814 (95%CI -523-4,512) hospitalisations for pneumonia and 53 (95%CI -17-177) admissions for IPD from 2013-2017. Visits for AOM decreased both among young children and among children 4-19 years of age, with rate ratios between 0.72-0.89. Decreases were observed in both pneumonia hospitalisations (rate ratios between 0.67-0.92) and IPD (rate ratios between 0.27-0.94). The total cost of implementing PHiD-CV10 in Iceland was -7,463,176 United States Dollars (USD) (95%CI -16,159,551-582,135) with 2.1 USD (95%CI 0.2-4.7) saved for every 1 USD spent.

conclusionsThe introduction of PHiD-CV10 was associated with large decreases in visits and hospitalisations for infections commonly caused by pneumococcus and was cost-saving during the first five years of the immunisation programme.

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Cost-Benefit AnalysisAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHospitalizationHumansIcelandImmunization ProgramsMalePneumococcal InfectionsPneumococcal VaccinesStreptococcus pneumoniaeTime Factors10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccinePneumococcal Vaccines

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