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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2015 Jun 1;33(36):4639–4646. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.05.050

Table 2. The impact of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine on discounted disease burden and program costs.

Hib vaccine No Hib vaccine Incremental value
Health outcome
Case 8,756 10,334 1,579
Death 1,022 1,395 373
DALY 20,535 28,551 8,016
Costs (US$)
Vaccine delivery cost
 Vaccine costs 14,069,633.04 2,665,366
 Program implementation cost 3,107,207.00 2,851,423
 Subtotal 17,176,840.04 5,516,789 11,660,051
Disease treatment cost
 Societal perspective 2,496,575 4,285,342 1,788,767
 Governmental perspective 1,459,322 2,139,691 680,368
Total cost
 Societal perspective 19,673,415 9,802,131 9,871,284
 Governmental perspective 18,636,162 7,656,480 10,979,682

Note: Hib, Haemophilus influenzae type b; DALY, disability-adjusted life year.