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Economic Evaluation of a Metropolitan‐Wide, School‐Based Hepatitis B Vaccination Program
Author(s) -
Wilson Thad
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00222.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , vaccination , medicine , hepatitis b , public health , program evaluation , family medicine , environmental health , health care , hepatitis a vaccine , hepatitis a , hepatitis , virology , nursing , economic growth , political science , public administration , pathology , economics
The results of an evaluation of a large metropolitan‐wide, school‐based hepatitis B vaccination program provide further evidence that such programs are effective and cost‐beneficial. The percentage of 6th grade students fully immunized against hepatitis B rose from approximately 8% to 82% in the program. Administering the vaccine at school was $1.46 per dose less than traditional methods. Over $24 million of potential health care costs have been avoided through the program.