Vaccinating first-year college students living in dormitories for Meningococcal disease. an economic analysis.

摘要

BACKGROUND: Surveillance of meningococcal disease among U.S. college students found an elevated rate of this disease among first-year students living in dormitories.OBJECTIVE: This study examines the economics of routinely vaccinating a cohort of 591,587 incoming first-year students who will live in dormitories for >/=1 years.METHODS: A cost-benefit model (societal perspective) was constructed to measure the net present value (NPV) of various vaccination scenarios, as well as the cost/case and cost/death averted. Input values included hospitalization costs from