Health Economic Evaluation of Varicella Vaccination Within the Swedish National Vaccination Programme for Children

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Frida Kasteng · Public Health Agency of Sweden

Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba · University of Rome Tor Vergata

Annika Ersson · Public Health Agency of Sweden

Ellen Wolff · Public Health Agency of Sweden

S. Andersson · Public Health Agency of Sweden

Kari Johansen · Public Health Agency of Sweden

Abstract

Our analyses suggest that inclusion of varicella vaccination in the national vaccination programme for children would be a cost-saving strategy from a societal perspective, which together with a catch-up vaccination offer for susceptible older children would result in a fast decline of varicella in Sweden.

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Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Virology and Viral Diseases Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

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Published in: Acta Paediatrica

DOI: 10.1111/apa.70506

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Health Economic Evaluation of Varicella Vaccination Within the Swedish National Vaccination Programme for Children

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