Cost-benefit evaluation of routine influenza immunisation in people 65-74 years of age

Allsup S, Gosney M, Haycox A, Regan M
Record ID 32003001080
English
Authors' objectives:

To determine the cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination in people aged 65-74 years in the absence of co-morbidity.

Authors' recommendations: No difference was seen between groups for the primary outcome measure (GP attendance with influenza-like illness (ILI) or pneumonia), although the trial was underpowered to demonstrate a true difference. Vaccination had no significant effect on any of the QoL measures used, although vaccinated individuals were less likely to self-report ILI. Our analysis did not suggest that influenza vaccination in healthy people aged 65-74 years would lead to lower NHS costs. A significant protective effect of influenza vaccine was found for the reduction of self-reported ILI, but the study was not sufficiently powered to examine the effect of influenza vaccination on mortality, GP consultations for respiratory illness or hospital admissions for pneumonia- and influenza-associated respiratory illness.
Authors' methods: Randomised controlled trial
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.hta.ac.uk/1122
Year Published: 2003
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Aged
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Influenza, Human
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
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