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. 2018 Dec 11;8(1):63–74. doi: 10.1007/s40121-018-0226-x

Table 2.

Health outcomes and costs of an infant routine vaccination program with PCV13 and PCV10 by scope of benefit compared with no vaccination under the base case scenario [direct effect plus indirect effect for IPD (PCV13 only)], by countrya

Algeria Tunisia
PCV13 vs. no vaccination PCV10 vs. no vaccination PCV13 vs. no vaccination PCV10 vs. no vaccination
Morbidity avoided
 IPD avoided 7608 2804 1305 557
 Pneumonia avoided 57,800 45,320 4833 4531
 AOM avoided 283,588 222,359 54,957 51,522
 Total cases avoided 348,997 270,483 61,095 56,610
Mortality avoided
 Deaths 2177 1224 308 172
QALYs gained
 QALYs saved, acute disease avoided 1837 1378 323 290
 QALYs saved, sequelae and death avoided 56,604 34,367 7443 4852
 Total QALYs saved 58,441 35,744 7766 5142
Base case
 Direct medical cost − 25.79 Million $ − 17.66 Million $ − 2.24 Million $ − 1.80 Million $
 Vaccination program cost 43.83 Million $ 43.83 Million $ 8.82 Million $ 8.82 Million $
 Net cost, direct medical 18.04 Million $ 26.16 Million $ 6.58 Million $ 7.03 Million $
 Cost per QALY 308/QALY 731/QALY 848/QALY 1366/QALY

PCV10 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PCV13 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, QALY quality adjusted life year, IPD invasive pneumococcal disease, AOM acute otitis media

aAll monetary values are in US dollars