Economic studies applied to vaccines against invasive diseases: An updated budget impact analysis of age-based pneumococcal vaccination strategies in the elderly in Italy

• Main Authors: Sara Boccalini (Author), Angela Bechini (Author), Roberto Gasparini (Author), Donatella Panatto (Author), Daniela Amicizia (Author), Paolo Bonanni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Many evaluations have been performed on the economic impact of pneumococcal vaccination in older adults (>64 y of age) in several countries, including Italy. However, these studies did not include the new data on the effectiveness of 13-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) in the elderly...