TY - JOUR
T1 - Cost-effectiveness analysis of seasonal influenza vaccination during pregnancy
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Ostad-Ahmadi, Zakieh
AU - Boccalini, Sara
AU - Daemi, Amin
AU - Mahboub-Ahari, Alireza
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023/9/1
Y1 - 2023/9/1
N2 - Background: Seasonal influenza vaccination is clinically important and reduces hospitalization costs for pregnant women. However, is it also a cost-effective intervention? Method: We conducted a systematic search of Medline (via PUBMED), EMBASE, SCOPUS, and Web of Science databases. We included any economic evaluation studies that reported Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios for vaccinating pregnant women against influenza. Result: Out of 927 potentially eligible articles, only 14 full texts met our inclusion criteria. In almost all studies, vaccinating pregnant women was a cost-effective and cost-saving strategy. In one study, it was not cost-effective when the researchers used costs and probabilities related to other groups (healthy adults) due to the lack of data for pregnant women. The main factors influencing the cost-effectiveness of the studies were vaccine efficacy and vaccination cost. Conclusion: Influenza vaccination of pregnant women is a cost-effective intervention. More studies on the cost-effectiveness of this intervention in underdeveloped countries are needed. Keywords: pregnancy, cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-benefit, influenza vaccine, women, economic evaluation.
AB - Background: Seasonal influenza vaccination is clinically important and reduces hospitalization costs for pregnant women. However, is it also a cost-effective intervention? Method: We conducted a systematic search of Medline (via PUBMED), EMBASE, SCOPUS, and Web of Science databases. We included any economic evaluation studies that reported Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios for vaccinating pregnant women against influenza. Result: Out of 927 potentially eligible articles, only 14 full texts met our inclusion criteria. In almost all studies, vaccinating pregnant women was a cost-effective and cost-saving strategy. In one study, it was not cost-effective when the researchers used costs and probabilities related to other groups (healthy adults) due to the lack of data for pregnant women. The main factors influencing the cost-effectiveness of the studies were vaccine efficacy and vaccination cost. Conclusion: Influenza vaccination of pregnant women is a cost-effective intervention. More studies on the cost-effectiveness of this intervention in underdeveloped countries are needed. Keywords: pregnancy, cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-benefit, influenza vaccine, women, economic evaluation.
U2 - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102632
DO - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102632
M3 - Article
C2 - 37591411
AN - SCOPUS:85169810508
SN - 1477-8939
VL - 55
JO - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
JF - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
M1 - 102632
ER -