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New Vaccines Study Findings Have Been Reported from Institute of Health Economics

Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 7th, 2012

2012 MAR 7 -- Researchers detail in "Are economic evaluations an important tool in vaccine policy decisions," new data in Vaccines. "In the 1980s, drug prices began rising considerably worldwide, and in the 1990s, countries began incorporating health economics into the scientific review process. Rising prices in vaccines began around the year 2000 and national bodies began to use health economics to review vaccines in the next decade," researchers in Edmonton, Canada report.

"Health economics is a discipline that evaluates alternative interventions, balancing costs and health outcomes. There are characteristics of infectious diseases that differ from other...

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