No conspiracy regarding recommendation for a group B meningococcus vaccine

Autor: Mary Ramsay, Andrew J. Pollard, Andrew Riordan
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: BMJ. 348:g2859-g2859
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2859
Popis: Isaacs and McVernon highlight the importance and complexity of policy decision making for a group B meningococcal vaccine based on cost effectiveness.1 The health economic analysis for a group B meningococcal vaccine is difficult because of uncertainties about critical parameters that determine whether the vaccine meets the required threshold for cost effectiveness. Indeed, the first health economic model made available to the independent scientific committee that advises the UK Departments of Health—the Joint Committee on Vaccination and …
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