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. 2018 Jan 18;22(1):1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2017.11.004

Table 4.

Costs avoided with QIV versus TIV in the models populated with best available data inputs.

FLOU FLORA FLORENCE 1-year FLORENCE lifetime
Costs (R$) avoided (QIV vs TIV)
 Vaccination costs −145,682,900 −145,682,900 −145,682,900 −2,582,045,940
  Vaccine price −145,682,900 −145,682,900 −145,682,900 −2,581,917,946
  Administration 0 0 0 −127,994
 Disease management costs 6,116,403 7,143,967 9,663,447 197,280,934
 Uncomplicated influenza treatment 745,089 1,025,150 3,395,349 63,263,085
  NI treatment NA 228,335 224,533 4,413,394
  Antibiotics NA NA 2,325,639 45,740,323
  Medical visits 745,089 796,815 845,177 13,109,368
 Inpatient complication treatment 5,371,315 5,059,479 5,149,362 114,199,731
  GP visit NA 49,233 50,399 1,063,336
  Hospitalizations 5,371,315 5,010,246 5,098,962 113,136,395
 Outpatient complication treatment NA 1,059,337 1,118,737 19,818,119
 Total costs −139,566,496 −138,538,933 −136,019,453 −2,384,765,005

Negative values = incremental costs, positive values = cost savings.

QIV vs TIV, quadrivalent versus trivalent influenza vaccine; NI, neuraminidase inhibitors; GP, general practitioner; NA, not applicable.