Inactive polio vaccine may not be cost effective

Article Abstract:

A study was made of the cost effectiveness of using the inactivated poliovirus vaccine versus the weakened, oral polio vaccine. The researchers determined that using an inactivated-only vaccination schedule would result in an additional net cost of $28 million annually. The additional net cost for following a sequential vaccination schedule, which would involve two doses of inactivated virus with two doses of the oral vaccine, would be $14.7 million. The study accounted for the additional cost for the change in the vaccination schedule coupled with cost savings from monetary awards.

Research and Testing Services, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Economics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Biological products exc. diagnostic, Vaccines for Human Use, Economic aspects, Poliomyelitis, Vaccination, Vaccines, Poliovirus vaccines

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Business of blood: the era of citizens rolling up their sleeves to donate for the common good may be fading, as market forces transform the blood collection system into a competitive industry

Article Abstract:

Competition among blood collection agencies has transformed from a community-minded activity to an industrial one. Only 5% of eligible US residents donate blood annually. Causes include the fear after the contamination of the blood supply with the HIV infection during the 1980s. There is also a variation in transfusion practices throughout the US.

Blood and Organ Banks, Health and allied services, not elsewhere classified, Blood Banks & Collection Centers, Methods, Management, Blood collection and preservation, Blood banks

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