Should college students be vaccinated against meningococcal disease? A cost-benefit analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11033908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa A Jackson (0000-0003-1753-671X, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Anne Schuchat, Robin D Gorsky (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Jay D Wenger (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 843-845 |
| Publication date | 1995-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.85.6.843 |
| PMID | 7762722 |
| OpenAlex | W2103816290 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
Outbreaks and sporadic cases of meningococcal disease among college students have prompted consideration of a policy of routine vaccination for this group. Purchase and administration of the vaccine for routine vaccination would cost $56 million per year. Savings in medical care and indirect costs would not equal this amount unless the annual rate of disease among students is at least 6.5/100,000. The actual rate among students is unknown; however, surveillance data suggest it could not be more than 1.3/100,000. At rates near this estimate, the net cost of the program would be approximately $45 million annually. More cost-effective prevention strategies might be yielded by further studies to identify students at substantial risk of meningococcal disease, or by the development of a conjugate serogroup C vaccine that could be administered during infancy
Attack rate · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Immunization · Meningococcal disease · Meningococcal vaccine · Neisseria meningitidis · Outbreak · Vaccination · Bacterial Infections and Vaccines · Demography · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology · Virology · Pediatrics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2024 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |