TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic analyses to support decisions about HPV vaccination in low- and middle-income countries
T2 - A consensus report and guide for analysts
AU - Jit, Mark
AU - Levin, Carol
AU - Brisson, Marc
AU - Levin, Ann
AU - Resch, Stephen
AU - Berkhof, Johannes
AU - Kim, Jane
AU - Hutubessy, Raymond
PY - 2013/1/30
Y1 - 2013/1/30
N2 - Low- and middle-income countries need to consider economic issues such as cost-effectiveness, affordability and sustainability before introducing a program for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. However, many such countries lack the technical capacity and data to conduct their own analyses. Analysts informing policy decisions should address the following questions: 1) Is an economic analysis needed? 2) Should analyses address costs, epidemiological outcomes, or both? 3) If costs are considered, what sort of analysis is needed? 4) If outcomes are considered, what sort of model should be used? 5) How complex should the analysis be? 6) How should uncertainty be captured? 7) How should model results be communicated? Selecting the appropriate analysis is essential to ensure that all the important features of the decision problem are correctly represented, but that the analyses are not more complex than necessary. This report describes the consensus of an expert group convened by the World Health Organization, prioritizing key issues to be addressed when considering economic analyses to support HPV vaccine introduction in these countries.
AB - Low- and middle-income countries need to consider economic issues such as cost-effectiveness, affordability and sustainability before introducing a program for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. However, many such countries lack the technical capacity and data to conduct their own analyses. Analysts informing policy decisions should address the following questions: 1) Is an economic analysis needed? 2) Should analyses address costs, epidemiological outcomes, or both? 3) If costs are considered, what sort of analysis is needed? 4) If outcomes are considered, what sort of model should be used? 5) How complex should the analysis be? 6) How should uncertainty be captured? 7) How should model results be communicated? Selecting the appropriate analysis is essential to ensure that all the important features of the decision problem are correctly represented, but that the analyses are not more complex than necessary. This report describes the consensus of an expert group convened by the World Health Organization, prioritizing key issues to be addressed when considering economic analyses to support HPV vaccine introduction in these countries.
KW - economic evaluation.
KW - Human papillomavirus
KW - low- and middle-income countries
KW - vaccination
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U2 - 10.1186/1741-7015-11-23
DO - 10.1186/1741-7015-11-23
M3 - Letter
C2 - 23363734
AN - SCOPUS:84873019325
SN - 1741-7015
VL - 11
JO - BMC Medicine
JF - BMC Medicine
IS - 1
M1 - 23
ER -