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 |