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. 2009 Dec;27(6):711–724. doi: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i6.4319

Table 1.

Definitions of social net benefit measures

Name Definition
Avoided COI net benefits [Cases avoided * (private+public COI per case)]
     – (acquisition costs+delivery costs+travel and time costs)
VSL+avoided COI net benefits [Cases avoided * (private+public COI per case)]
     + (deaths avoided * value of statistical life)
     – (acquisition costs+delivery costs+travel and time costs)
WTP+avoided public COI net benefits (Willingness-to-pay per person for vaccine)
     + (cases avoided * public COI per case)
     – (acquisition costs+delivery costs+travel and time costs)

COI=Cost-of-illness; VSL=Value-of-statistical-life; WTP=Willingness-to-pay