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. 2013 Jan 7;9(3):707–711. doi: 10.4161/hv.23269

Table 1. Economic evaluation of pediatric influenza vaccination in the community setting.

Author Country Year Population Perspective Type of
analysis
Conclusions
White et al.18 USA 1999 School age-children Societal CBA COST-SAVING
Net saving per child vaccinated
- $ 3.99 for individual inactivated vaccination
- $ 34.79 for vaccination in a group based setting (such as schools)
Cohen et al.19 USA 2000 Preschool children Societal CBA COST-SAVING
Net saving for vaccine recipient
- $ 1.2 in vaccination during work office hours (8–17)
- $ 21.88 in setting with flexible hours
Dayan et al.20 Argentina 2001 High risk children 6 mo – 15 y Societal CEA COST-SAVING
$ 10.4 net saving for vaccinated child
Pisu et al.21 USA 2005 Day-care,
2–5 y
Societal
Household
CBA NOT COST-SAVING
NOT COST-SAVING
Weycker et al.22 USA 2005 6 mo to 18 y Societal CBA LIKELY COST-SAVING
Meltzer et al.23 USA 2005 High-risk 6 m-14 y
Healthy 6 m-14 y
Societal CBA COST-SAVING for high risk children
Not uniformly cost-saving for non-healthy children
Salo et al.24 Finland 2006 Healthy children
6 mo-13 y
Societal
Provider
CBA COST-SAVING
COST-SAVING
Prosser et al.25 USA 2006 High risk 6 m-17 y
Healthy 6 m-17 y
Societal
Provider
CEA COST-SAVING for high risk 6 mo-2 y
Cost-effective for healthy < 5 y old and all high risk children (< 30.000 US $)
Marchetti et al.26 Italy 2006 6–60 mo Societal
Provider
CEA
CEA
COST-SAVING
NOT COST-SAVING
Skowronski et al.27 Canada 2006 6–23 mo Societal
Provider
CEA
CEA
NOT COST-SAVING
NOT COST-SAVING
Esposito et al.28 Italy 2006 Healthy 2–5 y Individual
Society
CBA COST-SAVING
150.90 US $ per child vaccinated
Navas et al.29 Spain 2007 3–14 y Societal
Provider
CBA
CEA
COST-SAVING
NOT COST-SAVING
Cost-effective (€ 18.6 per quality adjusted live year gained)
Salleras et al.30 Spain 2009 3–14 y Family CBA COST-SAVING