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. 2012 Jul 12;345:e4445. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e4445

Table 7.

 Overview of most cost effective vaccination strategy by country, vaccine availability, and immunity scenario

Variables No immunity Pre-existing immunity
Germany:
 Early vaccination Elderly people High transmitters
 Late vaccination Elderly people High transmitters
Netherlands:
 Early vaccination High transmitters High transmitters
 Late vaccination Elderly people High transmitters
United Kingdom:
 Early vaccination High transmitters High transmitters
 Late vaccination Elderly people High transmitters

Cost effectiveness is calculated using direct costs only. See table 6 for full results. Scenarios considered are no vaccination, vaccination of whole population, vaccination of elderly people, and vaccination of high transmitters (young people aged 5-19 years). Table 2 provides an overview of scenarios.