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SUBMITTER: Belchior E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5027734 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Belchior Emmanuel E Lévy-Bruhl Daniel D Le Strat Yann Y Herida Magid M
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20160802 9
A vaccine against herpes zoster (HZ) and its complications has already proven safe and effective against infection and pain and against the related deterioration of quality of life in the elderly. In order to inform the vaccination decision-making process regarding inclusion of this vaccine in the French immunization schedule, we assessed the cost-effectiveness of several vaccination scenarios, compared to no vaccination. We chose to use a previously published Markov model. Starting vaccination ...[more]