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. 2016 Dec 12;2016:6267343. doi: 10.1155/2016/6267343

Table 1.

Lists of all economic impacts of vaccines.

Impacts Individual item
(A) Health related benefits to vaccinated individuals
(1) Mortality Health benefits achieved by reducing number of deaths.
(2) Morbidity Health benefits achieved by reducing morbidity and improving quality of life.
(3) Healthcare expenditure Reduction in medical expenditures for healthcare system.

(B) Short-term and long-term productivity gains
(4) School absenteeism Reduction in amount of schooldays missed due to illness.
(5) Care-related productivity Increased individual productivity due to reduction in lost working days.
(6) Outcome-related productivity Increased individual lifetime productivity and participation due to improved health.

(C) Community or health systems externalities
(7) Impact on other diseases Impact on incidence numbers of closely related diseases not vaccinated for.
(8) Community health externalities Externalities among the unvaccinated community members.
(9) Outbreak prevention costs Impact on disease outbreak investigations and prevention.
(10) Equity Impact on equity issues in the society.
(11) Risk reduction Impact on welfare of households due to reduced uncertainty in future outcomes and health expenditures.
(12) Economies of scale Impact on per dose price of vaccine due to changes in demand.

(D) Broader economic indicators
(13) Behaviour-related productivity Economic benefits for families as a result of improved child health and survival.
(14) Demographic dividend Economic effects of changes in demographic composition of society.
(15) Employment in society Impact on overall employment in society.
(16) Impact on consumption behaviour Impact on the consumption of the general population.
(17) Impact on gross domestic product (GDP) Impact on gross domestic product in general.
(18) Impact on tax revenue Impact on tax revenues.