Reduction Of Influenza Disease Cost With Suboptimal Vaccination

Cost effectiveness of influenza vaccination for specific populations in Iran

Introduction: Influenza viruses are the major respiratory pathogens worldwide and high-risk groups such as healthcare workers may develop severe forms of the disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination for 4 target groups including pregnant women, elderly people (aged over 65 years), healthcare workers and school-age children in Iran. Metho...

Vaccination of Chicks with Experimental Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza Oilemulsion Vaccines by ln Ovo Inoculation

Cost analysis of maternal disease associated with suboptimal breastfeeding.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the U.S. maternal health burden from current breastfeeding rates both in terms of premature death as well as economic costs. METHODS Using literature on associations between lactation and maternal health, we modeled the health outcomes and costs expected for a U.S. cohort of 15-year-old females followed to age 70 years. In 2002, this cohort included 1.88 million individu...

Uptake of influenza vaccination by patients with serious cardiac disease.

in renal function did not differ during and after pregnancy in both groups ofpatients. Serum creatinine concentration and creatinine clearance showed the same kind of alterations that are generally observed in healthy pregnant women.5 The nephrotic syndrome occurred temporarily during the third trimester of pregnancy in three of the seven diabetic women with pre-existing microalbuminuria but in...

Cost of universal influenza vaccination of children in pediatric practices.

OBJECTIVES The goals were to estimate nationally representative pediatric practices' costs of providing influenza vaccination during the 2006-2007 season and to simulate the costs pediatric practices might incur when implementing universal influenza vaccination for US children aged 6 months to 18 years. METHODS We surveyed a stratified, random sample of New York State pediatric practices (N =...