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Table 6 Costs distribution according to scenario 1 to 4 from the societal perspective

From: Valuing the cost of improving Chilean primary vaccination: a cost minimization analysis of a hexavalent vaccine

 

Unitary cost (US$)

Amount

Total (US$)

Scenario 1

 Hexavalent (DTaP-IPV-HepB-Hib) vaccine

19.80

997,877

19,757,965

 Pentavalent (DTwP-Hib-HepB) vaccine

2.85

966,933

2,754,539

 Average IPV (1) + bOPV (3) = 3.6 + (0.32*3) = 4.5

1.14

966,933

1,102,304

 Difference of schemes

15.81

966,933

15,288,431

 Additional costs of the simultaneous scheme

  

8,838,805

 Cost to society

  

6,449,627

Scenario 2

 Hexavalent (DTaP-IPV-HepB-Hib) vaccine

19.80

997,877

19,757,965

 Pentavalent (DTwP-Hib-HepB) vaccine

2.85

966,933

2,754,539

 IPV four doses- average = 3.60

3.6

966,933

3,480,959

 Difference of schemes

13.35

966,933

12,909,776

 Additional costs of the simultaneous scheme

  

8,838,805

 Cost to society

  

4,070,971

Scenario 3

 Hexavalent (DTaP-IPV-HepB-Hib) vaccine

19.80

997,877

19,757,965

 Pentavalent (DTwP-Hib-HepB) vaccine

2.85

966,933

2,754,539

 IPV four-dose bottle plus syringe = 2.10

2.10

966,933

2,030,559

 Difference of schemes

14.85

966,933

14,360,176

 Additional costs of the simultaneous scheme

  

8,838,805

 Cost to society

  

5,521,371

Scenario 4

 Hexavalent (DTaP-IPV-HepB-Hib) vaccine

19.80

997,877

19,757,965

 Pentavalent (DTwP-Hib-HepB) vaccine

2.85

966,933

2,754,539

IPV four doses- pre-filled syringe = 5.10

5.10

966,933

4,931,358

 Difference of schemes

11.85

997,877

11,459,377

 Additional costs of the simultaneous scheme

  

8,838,805

 Cost to society

  

2,620,572

  1. bOPV bivalent oral polio vaccine, IPV inactivated polio vaccine