Valuing the cost of improving Chilean primary vaccination: a cost minimization analysis of a hexavalent vaccine

• Main Authors: Ignacio Olivera (Author), Carlos Grau (Author), Hugo Dibarboure (Author), Juan Pablo Torres (Author), Gustavo Mieres (Author), Luis Lazarov (Author), Fabián P. Alvarez (Author), Juan Guillermo López Yescas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The phased withdrawal of oral polio vaccine (OPV) and the introduction of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) is central to the polio 'end-game' strategy. Methods We analyzed the cost implications in Chile of a switch from the vaccination scheme consisting of a pentava...