Health and Economic Benefits of Compulsory RegularVaccination in the Slovak Republic. I. Methods
Authors:
H. Hudečková 1; Š. Straka 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Odbor epidemiológie, Štátny zdravotný ústav, Martin, 2 Ústav epidemiológie, Jesseniova lekárska fakulta Univerzity Komenského, Martin
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Published in:
Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. , 2000, č. 1, s. 24-27
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Overview
The authors will submit in their series of contributions under the common title of „Health andEconomic Benefits of Compulsory Regular Vaccination in the Slovak Republic“ estimates of benefitsand effectiveness of particular vaccinations.In their first contribution they deal with the objectives and methods of this evaluation essential forthe allocation of funds for the maintenance of existing preventive programmes and also for theimplementation of new preventive measures. On the basis of literary data and their own experiencethey formulate modified methods of cost/effectiveness and cost/benefit and other parametersadjusted for the conditions of the vaccination programme in the Slovak Republic.
Key words:
regular vaccination – cost/effectiveness – cost/benefit.
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