Cost‐effectiveness of measles outbreak intervention strategies

@article{Shiel1998CosteffectivenessOM,
  title={Cost‐effectiveness of measles outbreak intervention strategies},
  author={Alan Shiel and Louisa R. Jorm and Robert Carruthers and Gerard J Fitzsimmons},
  journal={Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health},
  year={1998},
  volume={22}
}
Abstract: In this study, we compared the likely cost‐effectiveness of alternative strategies for controlling a school‐based measles outbreak. The analysis involved assessing the expected costs and number of cases in a school‐based outbreak of measles, with no intervention and with each of six control strategies. The marginal cost per case prevented ranged from $32.90 when only previously unvaccinated school children were offered vaccination to $6795 when vaccination was extended to the siblings… 
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