Skip to main content
. 2018 Oct 11;69(2):306–315. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy861

Table 1.

Base Case Input Parameters for a Model Assessing the Clinical Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Vaccination During Pretravel Health Encounter (PHE)

Variable Base Case No. (Range)
Demographics [12]
 Median age, years (IQR) 30 (22–41)
 Female (%) 56
Baseline MMR vaccination status [6, 12]
 2 MMR vaccinations (%)a 84
 1 MMR vaccination (%) 9
 0 MMR vaccinations (%) 7 (0–90)
Risk of measles exposure during travel; see Supplementary Material (exposures per 10M travelers) [15]
 All international travel 237 (10-10000)
 By continent
  Travel to North America 19
  Travel to Europe 434
  Travel to Africa 681
  Travel to Asia 975
Risk of measles exposure during travel; see Supplementary Material (exposures per 10M travelers) [15]
 By hot spot
  Travel to the Philippines, 2014 1940
  Travel to India, 2011 2490
  Travel to Poland, 2013 3340
  Travel to Pakistan, 2013 6750
Number of MMR vaccinations at baseline
2 1 0
Measles infection, if exposed (%) [1, 7] 3 (0–10) 7 (3–90) 90 (0–90)
US-acquired cases, if infected (n) [3, 7] 0 (0–20) 4 (0–382) 4 (0–382)
Contacts, if infected (n) [4] 200 (0–2000) 1500 (0–12000) 1500 (0–12000)
Costs of PHE ($) [16, 17]b, c
 First visit 7 (5–300) 95 (5–300) 95 (5–300)
 Second visit 90 (5–300)
Costs (US$)
Per imported measles case [7, 18–20]c 13200 (11600–46800)
Per US-acquired measles case [7, 18–20]c 4800 (2500–14100)
Per contact [4, 21],c 550 (370–850)

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; MMR, measles-mumps-rubella; PHE, pretravel health encounter

aOr alternate evidence of immunity.

bProrated for percentage of visit dedicated to measles, and includes cost of MMR vaccination and administration when given, as well as time lost from work.

cCosts include time lost from work.