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  • Post-implementation studies are vital for evaluating vaccine effectiveness in real-world settings.
  • Hospitalization rates are commonly used to assess vaccine impact but are susceptible to confounding factors.
  • Changes in healthcare access and quality can coincide with vaccine introduction, potentially distorting impact estimates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how changes in healthcare delivery influence vaccine impact assessments.
  • To examine the impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) on infant pneumonia hospitalizations in Brazil.
  • To identify methods for overcoming biases in vaccine impact estimation.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of infant pneumonia hospitalization rates before (2008-09) and after (2011-12) PCV10 introduction in Brazil (2010).
  • Exploration of the association between hospitalization rates and changes in healthcare system metrics (hospital capacity, public hospital use, outpatient service expansion).
  • Evaluation of the sufficiency of standard adjustment methods for confounding factors.

Main Results:

  • Infant pneumonia hospitalization rates were significantly associated with changes in hospital capacity and public healthcare utilization.
  • Reductions in pneumonia hospitalizations correlated with increased outpatient services and primary care coverage.
  • Standard adjustment methods were found insufficient for accurate impact assessment in this context.

Conclusions:

  • Healthcare system dynamics significantly affect vaccine impact estimates derived from hospitalization data.
  • Accurate vaccine impact assessment requires accounting for changes in healthcare access and delivery, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
  • Sensitivity analyses and outpatient setting tracking are recommended to improve the reliability of vaccine impact evaluations.