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Published on: March 8, 2012
Cost-effectiveness analysis of human papillomavirus-vaccination programs to prevent cervical cancer in Austria
Ingrid Zechmeister1, Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio, Geoff Garnett
1Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Technology Assessment, Vienna, Austria. Ingrid.zechmeister@hta.lbg.ac.at
Objective:
The study predicts long-term cervical cancer related population health and economic effects of introducing the HPV-vaccination for 12-year-old girls (and boys) in addition to current screening compared with screening only.
Method:
Health effects are predicted by a dynamic transmission model. Model results are used to calculate incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER) in euro per life year gained (LYG) for a time-horizon between 2008 and 2060 from a public payer and a societal perspective.
Results:
Vaccination of girls results a discounted ICER of euro 64,000/LYG and euro 50,000/LYG from a payer's and societal perspectives respectively. The additional vaccination of boys increases the ICER to euro 311,000 and euro 299,000/LYG respectively. Results were most sensitive to vaccination price, discount rate and time-horizon.
Conclusion:
HPV-vaccination for girls should be cost-effective when adopting a longer time-horizon and a societal perspective. Applying a shorter time frame and a payer's perspective or vaccinating boys may not be cost-effective without reducing the vaccine price.
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