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. 2024 Dec 19;12(12):1431. doi: 10.3390/vaccines12121431
Key Concepts and Terms Used in this Paper
Cost per additional dose for intervention: Additional intervention cost of providing another dose (calculated by dividing the extra cost by additional vaccine doses administered).
Cost per intervention: Total cost of implementing an intervention (calculated by adding the value of the cost categories together).
Cost per percentage change in immunization coverage: Cost divided by additional percent change in immunization coverage.
Cost per person reached: Intervention cost divided by number of persons reached.
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER): Measure that summarizes the cost-effectiveness of an intervention (ratio of costs of intervention divided by effectiveness measure—such as deaths or disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) averted).
Zero-dose child: Child that has not received the first dose of the DTP-containing vaccine.