Reactive strategies for containing developing outbreaks of pandemic influenza

Table 8 Costs and impacts of vaccination¹

Cost or Side Effect Item	Probability of Side Effect	Per-case Cost of Side Effect	Cost Scenario (per patient)
Assumed cost of vaccination	听	听	25.00
Patient time	听	听	5.65
Patient travel costs	听	听	5.65
Side effects	听	听	听
Mild	0.0325	94	5.04
Guillain-Barr茅 Syndrome (GBS)	0.000002	100,800	0.33
Anaphylaxis	0.000000157	2,490	0.0006

1. Estimates based on figures from Meltzer et al. [29]. Travel and side effect cost estimates inflated by 2008 consumer and medical price indices [30鈥�32] as appropriate.

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