Letter to the Editor

Quality-adjusted life-year losses are incurred due to sequelae or mortality alone. Because PCV13 is more effective in preventing these pneumococcal diseases, we believe that not including utility losses during the acute disease state leads to a conservative estimate of the public health and economic...

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Published in:Clinical therapeutics 2013-07, Vol.35 (7), p.1048
Main Author: Klok, Rogier M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ear diseases
Editors
Epidemiology
Immunization
Mortality
Pneumonia
Sensitivity analysis
Streptococcus infections
Vaccines
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Summary:Quality-adjusted life-year losses are incurred due to sequelae or mortality alone. Because PCV13 is more effective in preventing these pneumococcal diseases, we believe that not including utility losses during the acute disease state leads to a conservative estimate of the public health and economic benefits of PCV13 compared with PCV10.
ISSN:0149-2918
1879-114X
DOI:10.1016/j.clinthera.2013.05.010