Global Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Disease—New Prospects for Vaccine Control

Antao, Vinicius C.; Hausdorff, William P.

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-79838-7_2

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“…It is also effective in reducing mortality from severe community acquired pneumonia that requires hospitalization [3,4]. Several developed countries have implemented national pneumococcal vaccination programs for the elderly in order to prevent the disease and improve its outcomes [5-8], although the incidence of the disease varies worldwide [9]. …”

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Demand for pneumococcal vaccination under subsidy program for the elderly in Japan

Kondo

Yamamura

Hoshi

et al. 2012

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundVaccination programs often organize subsidies and public relations in order to obtain high uptake rates and coverage. However, effects of subsidies and public relations have not been studied well in the literature. In this study, the demand function of pneumococcal vaccination among the elderly in Japan is estimated, incorporating effects of public relations and subsidy.MethodsUsing a data from a questionnaire survey sent to municipalities, the varying and constant elasticity models were applied to estimate the demand function. The response variable is the uptake rate. Explanatory variables are: subsidy supported shot price, operating years of the program, target population size for vaccination, shot location intensity, income and various public relations tools. The best model is selected by c-AIC, and varying and constant price elasticities are calculated from estimation results.ResultsThe vaccine uptake rate and the shot price have a negative relation. From the results of varying price elasticity, the demand for vaccination is elastic at municipalities with a shot price higher than 3,708 JPY (35.7 USD). Effects of public relations on the uptake rate are not found.ConclusionsIt can be suggested that municipalities with a shot price higher than 3,708 JPY (35.7 USD) could subsidize more and reduce price to increase the demand for vaccination. Effects of public relations are not confirmed in this study, probably due to measurement errors of variables used for public relations, and studies at micro level exploring individual’s response to public relations would be required.

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Demand for pneumococcal vaccination under subsidy program for the elderly in Japan

Kondo

Yamamura

Hoshi

et al. 2012

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…But what will happen after large-scale introduction of 11-and 13-valent conjugate vaccines [30][31][32]? Will other serotypes continue to cause replacement diseases, until all 91 serotypes have had their moment of glory?…”

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