Optimising the introduction of multiple childhood vaccines in Japan: A model proposing the introduction sequence achieving the highest health gains

Baudouin Standaert, Nadia Schecroun, Olivier Ethgen, Oleksandr Topachevskyi, Yoriko Morioka and Ilse Van Vlaenderen

Health Policy, 2017, vol. 121, issue 12, 1303-1312

Abstract: Many countries struggle with the prioritisation of introducing new vaccines because of budget limitations and lack of focus on public health goals. A model has been developed that defines how specific health goals can be optimised through immunisation within vaccination budget constraints.

Keywords: Budget; Infectious diseases; Japan; Objective function; Optimisation model; Portfolio; Vaccine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.08.010

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