Diseases of importance in the United States [[electronic resource] /] / by the Committee on Issues and Priorities for New Vaccine Development, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1985
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (472 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.4/7/0973
• Soggetto topico: Vaccines - Research - Government policy; Vaccination - United States; Vaccination - Developing countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Prepared for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Abstract""; ""Contents""; ""1 Summary""; ""Selection of Candidates""; ""Determination of Health Benefits""; ""Disease Burden Estimates""; ""Infant Mortality Equivalence Values""; ""Total Disease Burden Values""; ""Vaccine Characteristics""; ""Predictions of Vaccine Development""; ""Definition of Probable Vaccine Target Population""; ""Estimation of Vaccine Utilization""; ""Estimation of Time to Licensure, Time to vaccine Adoption, and Delay of Vaccination Benefits: Discounting""; ""Estimation of vaccine Preventable Illness"" ; ""Calculation of Expected Health Benefits for Each Vaccine""""Cost Calculations""; ""Calculation of Morbidity Costs Averted by the Vaccine""; ""Vaccination Program Costs""; ""Integration of Costs""; ""Interpretation of Health Benefit and Net Cost Rankings""; ""Findings, Conclusions, Recommendations""; ""Recommendation""; ""Reference""; ""2 Priority Setting for Health Related Investments: A Review of Methods""; ""Methods for Project Ranking and Selection""; ""Multiattribute Accounting""; ""Multiattribute Scoring""; ""Decision Analysis With Multiple Objectives"" ; ""Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Analysis""""Benefit-Cost Analysis""; ""Selection of an Approach""; ""Issues in Project Ranking Methodologies""; ""Sources of Estimates""; ""Sequential or “Lexicographicâ€? Methods""; ""Interdependence Among Projects""; ""The “Portfolioâ€? Question""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""3 Overview of the Analytic Approach""; ""Method""; ""Interpretation of Results""; ""Guidelines""; ""Definition of Dominance""; ""Step 1""; ""Step 2""; ""Step 3""; ""Step 4""; ""Summary""; ""4 Comparison of Disease Burdens and Costs"" ; ""Elements of the System for Comparing Morbidity and Mortality Burdens Arising From various Diseases""""Trade-Off Values""; ""Expression of Morbidity and Mortality Burdens""; ""Procedures Used in Deriving Disease Estimates""; ""Limitations of the Current Estimates""; ""Value Judgments in Quantifying Morbidity and Mortality""; ""IME Perspectives used in This Study""; ""The Effect of Adopting Other IME Perspectives""; ""Comparison of Direct Costs Resulting from Diseases""; ""Scope of Cost Calculations""; ""Procedures""; ""Findings""; ""Limitations of the Proposed System"" ; ""Summary and Conclusions""""Recommendations""; ""References""; ""5 Predictions on Vaccine Development""; ""The Need for Predictions""; ""Selection of Candidates""; ""Vaccine Candidates and Target Populations""; ""Predictions on Vaccine Development""; ""Probability of Successful Development""; ""Cost of Development""; ""Time to Licensure""; ""Comments""; ""Predictions on Vaccine Characteristics""; ""Efficacy""; ""Adverse Reactions""; ""Production Technology, Delivery Requirements, and Cost/Dose""; ""Number of Doses and Route of Administration""; ""Conclusions"" ; ""6 Assessing the Likely Utilization of New Vaccines""
• Titolo autorizzato: Diseases of importance in the United States
• ISBN: 1-281-30039-X; 9786611300395; 0-309-11575-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456246503321
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