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. 2014 May 16;14:266. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-266

Table 4.

Cost effectiveness (cost per life years saved) of vaccination strategies for moderate pandemics (R = 1.9 and CFR = 0.25%) and severe pandemics (R = 2.7 and CFR = 1.5%)

 
Moderate pandemics (R = 1.9 and CFR = 0.25%)
Scenarios SD and AV intervention Cost ($) per LYS
Pre-emptive vaccination Reactive vaccination
Scenario 1: no pandemic occurs
none
-
-
 
Pre-emptive + Reactive vaccination
Reactive vaccination
Scenario 2: pandemic with virus which does not match pre-emptive vaccine i.e. vaccine efficacy of 0%
none
$1,627,500
$1,020,000
8 weeks SD + AV
$29,684
$20,079
Sustained SD + AV
$24,846
$19,074
 
Pre-emptive vaccination
Reactive vaccination
Scenario 3: pandemic with virus which matches pre-emptive vaccine with efficacy of 30%
none
$13,622
$1,020,000
8 weeks SD + AV
$12,096
$20,079
Sustained SD + AV
$15,897
$19,074
 
Pre-emptive
vaccination
Reactive vaccination
Scenario 4: pandemic with virus which matches pre-emptive vaccine with efficacy of 75%
none
$8,013
$1,020,000
8 weeks SD + AV
$10,435
$20,079
Sustained SD + AV
$13,658
$19,074
 
Extreme pandemics (R = 2.7 and CFR = 1.5%)
Scenarios
SD and AV intervention
Cost ($) per LYS
Pre-emptive vaccination
Reactive vaccination
Scenario 1: no pandemic occurs
none
-
-
 
Pre-emptive + Reactive vaccination
Reactive vaccination
Scenario 2: pandemic with virus which does not match pre-emptive vaccine i.e. vaccine efficacy of 0%
none
$1,942,222
$1,672,222
8 weeks SD + AV
$12,305
$10,312
Sustained SD + AV
$4,938
$4,044
 
Pre-emptive vaccination
Reactive vaccination
Scenario 3: pandemic with virus which matches pre-emptive vaccine with efficacy of 30%
none
$6,066
$1,672,222
8 weeks SD + AV
$3,097
$10,312
Sustained SD + AV
$2,811
$4,044
 
Pre-emptive vaccination
Reactive vaccination
Scenario 4: pandemic with virus which matches pre-emptive vaccine with efficacy of 75% one
$1,075
$1,672,222
8 weeks SD + AV
$1,454
$10,312
Sustained SD + AV $1,986 $4,044
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