Economic evaluation of pneumococcal vaccines for adults aged over 50 years in Belgium

• Main Authors: Lander Willem (Author), Adriaan Blommaert (Author), Germaine Hanquet (Author), Nancy Thiry (Author), Joke Bilcke (Author), Heidi Theeten (Author), Jan Verhaegen (Author), Herman Goossens (Author), Philippe Beutels (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Streptococcus pneumoniae causes a high disease burden including pneumonia, meningitis and septicemia. Both a polysaccharide vaccine targeting 23 serotypes (PPV23) and a 13-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV13) are indicated for persons aged over 50 years. We developed and parameterized a static multi-coh...