The broad socioeconomic benefits of vaccination

David E Bloom; Victoria Y Fan; J P Sevilla

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aaj2345

The broad socioeconomic benefits of vaccination

Sci Transl Med. 2018 May 16;10(441):eaaj2345. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaj2345.

Authors

David E Bloom¹, Victoria Y Fan^{2

3}, J P Sevilla^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. dbloom@hsph.harvard.edu.
² Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
³ Office of Public Health Studies, Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, University of Hawaii, Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
⁴ Data for Decisions LLC, Waltham, MA 02451, USA.

PMID: 29769285
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaj2345

Abstract

Evaluating vaccination programs according to their broad socioeconomic benefits, beyond their health benefits, will help to address the twin problems of vaccine underutilization and weak incentives for vaccine innovation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Health Care Sector
Humans
Socioeconomic Factors*
Vaccination / economics*