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. 2021 Jul 26;17(10):3735–3746. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1932216

Table 2.

Health outcomes and healthcare resource utilization in individuals ≥50 YOA (base case)

  No vaccination
  Private market setting
(RZV vaccination coverage: 5%)
Mass vaccination setting
(RZV vaccination coverage: 50%)
  Cases   Cases Cases avoided Cases Cases avoided
HZ 1,654,291 1,610,723 43,568 1,218,610 435,681
PHN 249,525 244,369 5,156 197,967 51,558
HZ-related complications other than PHN 57,572 56,002 1,570 41,870 15,703
 Ocular 11,893 11,556 337 8,523 3,370
 Neurological (meningitis) 3,450 3,345 105 2,403 1,048
 Auricular 27,744 26,993 751 20,237 7,507
 Other 14,485 14,107 378 10,706 3,779
HZ-related deaths
162
160
2
143
19
Healthcare resource utilization
Hospitalizations 69,470 68,045 1,425 55,223 14,247
Outpatient visits 3,900,829 3,797,690 103,139 2,869,441 1,031,387

HZ: herpes zoster; PHN: postherpetic neuralgia; RZV: recombinant zoster vaccine; YOA: years of age. The total cohort vaccinated was 347,900 in the private market setting and 3,479,000 in the mass vaccination setting analysis. Small discrepancies between subgroups and total cases may be present due to rounding.