Cost-effectiveness of a national immunization program with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine compared with the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in South Korea

• Main Authors: Hye-Young Kim (Author), Seong-Beom Park (Author), Eun-Sil Kang (Author), Sang-Min Lee (Author), Hyun-Jin Kim (Author), Matt Wasserman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Globally, pneumococcal disease represents a significant burden. South Korea implemented the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in 2003, replaced with the 10-valent (PCV10) and 13-valent (PCV13) vaccine in 2010. In 2014, both vaccines were introduced in the national immunizat...