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ArticleVaccine2022

Cost-effectiveness of revised US pneumococcal vaccination recommendations in underserved minority adults < 65-years-old.

Angela R Wateska, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Chyongchiou J Lin, Lee H Harrison, William Schaffner, Richard K Zimmerman, Kenneth J Smith

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Article in Vaccine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Recommendations on PCV20 vaccine in adults and at-risk populations.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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  10. Pneumococcal Vaccination Strategies in 50-Year-Olds to Decrease Racial Disparities: A US Societal Perspective Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Angela R WateskaUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: arw74@pitt.edu.
Mary Patricia NowalkUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: tnowalk@pitt.edu.
Chyongchiou J LinOhio State University College of Nursing, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: lin.3782@osu.edu.
Lee H HarrisonUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: lharriso@edc.pitt.edu.
William SchaffnerVanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: william.schaffner@vumc.org.
Richard K ZimmermanUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: zimmer@pitt.edu.
Kenneth J SmithUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: smithkj2@upmc.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · USThe Ohio State University · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Analyzing Adult Pneumococcal Vaccination Implementation in the UnderservedR01AI116575 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SMITH, KENNETH J · 2016 to 2023
$2.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116575
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe 15- and 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV15/PCV20) were recently recommended for US adults, giving either PCV20 alone or PCV15 followed by 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) to all 65 + -year-olds and to high-risk younger adults. However, general population recommendations to vaccinate all 50-year-olds could reduce racial pneumococcal disease disparities given greater risk in underserved minority populations.

methodsA Markov model examining hypothetical 50-year-old Black cohorts (serving as a proxy for underserved minorities) and non-Black cohorts estimated the incremental cost effectiveness of US adult pneumococcal vaccination recommendations compared to PCV20 or PCV15/PPSV23 for all 50-year-olds with no vaccination thereafter, or PCV20 or PCV15/PPSV23 for all at ages 50 and 65 years (50/65). Model parameters came from US databases, clinical trials, and Delphi panels. Cohorts were followed over their lifetimes from a healthcare perspective discounted at 3 %/year.

resultsPCV15/PPSV23 given at ages 50/65 had greatest public health impact. In Black cohorts, PCV15/PPSV23 at age 50 cost $104,723/quality adjusted life year (QALY) gained compared to PCV20 at age 50, while PCV15/PPSV23 at 50/65 cost $240,952/QALY gained compared to PCV15/PPSV23 at age 50. Both current recommendation options were more expensive and less effective than other strategies in both cohorts. In sensitivity analyses, age-based PCV20 or PCV15/PPSV23 use at ages 50 or 50/65 could be favorable depending on vaccine effectiveness or differential vaccine uptake, while current recommendations remained unfavorable.

conclusionRecent risk-based US adult pneumococcal vaccination recommendations for adults < 65-years-old, were economically and clinically unfavorable compared to general population vaccination of all 50-year-olds in Black and non-Black cohorts. An age-based pneumococcal vaccination recommendation at age 50 years may reduce inequities in pneumococcal disease burden.

Indexed as

Pneumococcal InfectionsVaccinationAdultAgedCost-Benefit AnalysisHumansMiddle AgedMinority GroupsStreptococcus pneumoniae

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PMID36336526
PMCPMC9999373
OpenAlexW4308075632

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