Journal article
Adult Immunizations: the 2009 vaccine schedules
JAAPA (Montvale, N.J.), Vol.22(3), pp.15-17
03/01/2009
Abstract
According to Rappuoli and colleagues, however, economists have suggested that vaccines are cost-effective because the expense of producing and administering them is lower than the cumulative costs of people being ill and out of work.5 For instance, for every $1 spent on the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, $16.34 is saved in direct medical costs.5 Rappuoli goes on to say that if policy makers were to include the appropriate factors for avoiding disease altogether, the value currently attributed to vaccines would be seen to be underestimated by a factor between 10 and 100.5 Healthy People 2020 features vaccinations prominently in a comprehensive, nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda outlined by the US Department of Health and Human Services.1 Screening and encouraging adult patients to be up-to-date on their vaccinations will help decrease health-related mortality, societal costs, and overall disease incidence. ? A second dose of vaccine is required for those who have recently been exposed to measles or mumps or who are in an outbreak area, have been previously vaccinated with killed measles vaccine, have been vaccinated with an unknown type of measles vaccine during 1963-1967, are students in postsecondary educational institutions, work in the health care industry, plan to travel internationally, are female with an unreliable rubella vaccination history, or who have no contraindications and lack laboratory evidence of immunity. * Varicella vaccine is recommended for all adults who have not had chickenpox, lack laboratory evidence of immunity, or have not been immunized previously against chickenpox. ?
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Adult Immunizations: the 2009 vaccine schedules
- Creators
- Anthony E Brenneman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JAAPA (Montvale, N.J.), Vol.22(3), pp.15-17
- ISSN
- 1547-1896
- eISSN
- 0893-7400
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Physician Assistant Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984295035802771
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