Influenza Immunization Campaigns: Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure? by
نویسنده
چکیده
This study provides causal evidence on the health and economic consequences of a broad-scope vaccination program. The Ontario Influenza Immunization Campaign (introduced in 2001) expanded the scope of vaccine coverage to the full population. By using the timing of this campaign and exogenous variation in vaccine quality, I am able to causally link higher vaccination rates to decreases in lost work-time, hospitalization, and death. Results indicate that, when vaccine quality is high, the campaign resulted in higher gains for Ontario relative to other provinces and in short, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Results also suggest significant positive health externalities for the elderly. Possible implications for the benefits of a flu vaccine specific to H1N1/09 flu are discussed. * I gratefully acknowledge invaluable comments from Dwayne Benjamin, Mark Stabile, Gustavo Bobonis, Michael Baker, Robert McMillan and Philip Oreopoulos; CEPA seminar participants at University of Toronto; and participants from numerous conference and seminar presentations. While this research draws on confidential data from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the views expressed herein represent only those of the author.
منابع مشابه
Flu Shots, Work Absences and Hospitalizations: Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure?
In this study, I evaluate the health and economic consequences of a broad-based flu vaccination program. The Ontario Influenza Immunization Campaign was introduced in 2001, and delivers free flu shots to healthy children and adults. This program is novel and controversial. Traditionally, the flu shot is recommended only for the elderly or infirm and it is assumed that benefits outside these gro...
متن کاملMedical Alert – “An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound of Cure” Leukemia and Diabetes Increase with Electrical Exposure (EMF)
fields (EMF) in the living environment and their effects on the health and welfare of humans and animals. Editor is Don Hillman Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Animal Science, with help from his wife Mary, MS, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Member of The American Society of Agricultural Engineers, and The American Dairy Science Association. Telephone (517) 351-9561. Medic...
متن کاملPrevention and cure? Or: is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure?
A common problem of everyday life is that of deciding how much to spend to avoid something unpleasant happening, and then, if the worst comes to the worst, of deciding how much to spend to remedy the situation. This paper provides a framework for the analysis of such problems, focussing specifically on the appropriate allocation of expenditure on (preventative and curative) health care. A two-s...
متن کاملKlebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing organisms: an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure.
If it makes sense to prevent people f rom drowning, why don’t we prevent other things that harm people? Why not go upstream and prevent that harried mother f rom becoming so f rustrated with her child that she hits her? Why not prevent kids in middle school f rom teasing the girl who is “dif f erent,” and thereby prevent her f rom committing suicide? Why not help pregnant women quit smoking so ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010