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. 2013 Apr 11;13:175. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-175

Table 7.

Sensitivity analysis results

Results Year
Five-year results
1 2 3 4 5
Unfavourable scenario
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Avoided hospitalized pneumonias
785
3,749
8,690
14,925
21,993
50,141
 Avoided outpatient pneumonias
528
2,520
5,841
10,033
14,784
33,707
 Avoided primary bacteremias
21
102
208
398
503
1,232
 Avoided empyemas
0
1
3
5
7
17
 Avoided meningitis
7
34
69
131
166
406
 Avoided bacteremic pneumonias
49
237
484
924
1,169
2,863
Avoided contagions
1,390
6,643
15,294
26,417
38,621
88,366
 Hospitalized pneumonia cost savings
1,400,564
6,691,314
15,508,174
26,637,024
39,250,376
89,487,451
 Outpatient pneumonia cost savings
118,698
567,092
1,314,325
2,257,501
3,326,488
7,584,104
 Primary bacteremias cost savings
78,398
374,823
766,424
1,464,809
1,852,303
4,536,757
 Empyemas cost savings
1,549
7,405
15,141
28,937
36,592
89,623
 Meningitis cost savings
70,727
338,147
691,432
1,321,482
1,671,060
4,092,848
 Bacteremic pneumonias cost savings
241,340
1,153,848
2,359,348
4,509,247
5,702,099
13,965,882
Savings by all cases averted
1,911,277
9,132,628
20,654,844
36,218,999
51,838,917
119,756,665
 Cost of vaccinations
13,878,696
13,878,696
13,878,696
13,878,696
13,878,696
69,393,481
 Net healthcare cost
11,967,420
4,746,068
−6,776,147
−22,340,303
−37,960,221
−50,363,184
Discounted net healthcare cost
11,967,420
4,520,065
−6,146,165
−19,298,394
−31,229,968
−40,187,043
Favourable scenario
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Avoided hospitalized pneumonias
1,744
8,632
18,959
29,239
38,179
96,754
 Avoided outpatient pneumonias
1,172
5,803
12,745
19,656
25,666
65,042
 Avoided primary bacteremias
47
234
454
779
873
2,387
 Avoided empyemas
1
3
6
11
12
32
 Avoided meningitis
16
77
150
257
288
787
 Avoided bacteremic pneumonias
110
545
1,055
1,811
2,029
5,550
Avoided contagions
3,090
15,294
33,369
51,753
67,047
170,552
 Hospitalized pneumonia cost savings
3,804,001
18,829,047
41,355,130
63,780,008
83,280,575
211,048,761
 Outpatient pneumonia cost savings
322,391
1,595,771
3,504,867
5,405,386
7,058,069
17,886,484
 Primary bacteremias cost savings
212,934
1,054,733
2,043,798
3,507,357
3,930,174
10,748,996
 Empyemas cost savings
4,206
20,836
40,375
69,287
77,640
212,345
 Meningitis cost savings
192,099
951,530
1,843,818
3,164,172
3,545,617
9,697,236
 Bacteremic pneumonias cost savings
655,491
3,246,874
6,291,595
10,769,994
12,098,587
33,089,542
Savings by all cases averted
5,191,122
25,698,792
55,079,583
86,723,204
109,990,663
282,683,364
 Cost of vaccinations
18,504,928
18,504,928
18,504,928
18,504,928
18,504,928
92,524,641
 Net healthcare cost
13,313,807
−7,193,863
−36,574,655
−68,218,276
−91,485,735
−190,158,723
Discounted net healthcare cost 13,313,807 −7,193,863 −36,574,655 −68,218,276 −91,485,735 −190,158,723