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. 2002 Sep 19;2:22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-2-22

Table 2.

Distributions used in the simulations to estimate the average costs of adverse events per vaccinee.

Complication Consequence Distribution Mean Minimum Maximum
Adverse events (per vaccinee)
Encephalitis Frequency (per 100,000) Triangular 0.05 0 0.1
% hospitalised Fixed 100.0
LoS hospital Triangular 6.0 3.0 9.0
Convulsions Frequency (per 100,000) Triangular 28.0 17 34
% hospitalised Triangular 20.0 10.0 40.0
LoS hospital Uniform 2.6 1.0 4.2
% visiting a clinic Fixed 100.0
Number of antipyretics bought Fixed 1.0
Number of anticonvulsivants bought Fixed 1.0
Anaphylaxis Frequency (per 100,000) Triangular 0.6 0.1 1.0
% hospitalised Fixed 100.0
LoS hospital Uniform 1.5 1.0 2.0
Thrombocytopenia Frequency (per 100,000) Uniform 3.3 3.1 3.5
% hospitalised Fixed 100.0
LoS hospital Uniform 3.8 2.0 5.6
Fever Frequency (per 100) Triangular 8.7 2.0 19.0
% visiting a clinic Uniform 10.0 0.0 20.0
Number of antipyretics bought Fixed 1.0
Number of working hours missed Uniform 12 6.0 18.0
SSPE Frequency (per 100,000) Uniform 0.07 0 0.14