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[The cost of vaccination throughout life in Spain]
Marta Soler Soneira1, Carmen Olmedo Lucerón1, Laura Sánchez-Cambronero Cejudo1
1Área de Programas de Vacunación. Subdirección General de Promoción de la Salud y Vigilancia en Salud Pública. Dirección General de Salud Pública, Calidad e Innovación. Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social. Madrid. España.
Objective:
The evaluation of vaccination programmes using cost estimation is an essential tool for immunization policy. The aim of this study was to describe the cost of vaccination through-out life in Spain, both in healthy and risk groups persons.
Methods:
Description of cost of vaccination following the national immunization programme throughout life agreed for 2019, and the immunization programme for risk groups.
Results:
The expected cost to immunize a healthy person is 726.06 euros for a healthy woman and 625.89 euros for a healthy man, ranging from 982.99 to 1,815 euros per person in risk groups.
Conclusions:
The relatively low cost and the important benefits for health of immunization throughout life make this public health measure useful and worthwhile. Evaluation of immunization programmes should be strengthened in order to assure suitable immunization in every stage of life.
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