Journal article
Economic Evaluation of a Metropolitan-Wide, School-Based Hepatitis B Vaccination Program
Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.), Vol.17(3), pp.222-227
05/2000
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00222.x
PMID: 10840293
Abstract
The results of an evaluation of a large metropolitan-wide, school-based hepatitis B vaccination program provide further evidence that such programs are effective and cost-beneficial. The percentage of 6th grade students fully immunized against hepatitis B rose from approximately 8% to 82% in the program. Administering the vaccine at school was $1.46 per dose less than traditional methods. Over $24 million of potential health care costs have been avoided through the program.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Economic Evaluation of a Metropolitan-Wide, School-Based Hepatitis B Vaccination Program
- Creators
- Thad Wilson - University of Missouri–Kansas City
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.), Vol.17(3), pp.222-227
- Publisher
- Blackwell Science Inc
- DOI
- 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00222.x
- PMID
- 10840293
- ISSN
- 0737-1209
- eISSN
- 1525-1446
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2000
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984383301702771
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