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Economic evaluation of hepatitis B vaccination in low-income countries: using cost-effectiveness affordability curves
Author(s) -
SunYoung Kim,
Joshua A. Salomon,
Sue J. Goldie
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.06.038893
Subject(s) - cost effectiveness , medicine , economic evaluation , cost effectiveness analysis , cost–benefit analysis , vaccination , health care , incremental cost effectiveness ratio , actuarial science , environmental health , economic growth , economics , political science , virology , risk analysis (engineering) , pathology , law
We sought to describe a method that explicitly considers both a health-care programmes cost-effectiveness and its affordability. For illustration, we apply the method to the programme to vaccinate infants against hepatitis B in the Gambia.

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