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SUBMITTER: Varghese L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5940727 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Varghese Lijoy L Talbot Louise L Govender Andrea A Zhang Xu-Hao XH Mungall Bruce A BA
Applied health economics and health policy 20180601 3
<h4>Objectives</h4>Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), pneumonia and acute otitis media (AOM) still represent a significant medical burden in children < 5 years of age in New Zealand (NZ), with marked disparities across socio-economic and ethnic groups. This cost-effectiveness evaluation aims to compare the potential impact of two childhood universal immunisation strategies: vaccination with a 3 + 1 schedule of the 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate v ...[more]