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Increasing Influenza Vaccination in Primary Healthcare Workers Using Solidary Incentives: Analysis of Efficacy and Costs

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العنوان: Increasing Influenza Vaccination in Primary Healthcare Workers Using Solidary Incentives: Analysis of Efficacy and Costs
المؤلفون: Christian Bengoa Terrero, Marian Bas Villalobos, Ana Pastor Rodríguez-Moñino, María Dolores Lasheras Carbajo, Julián Pérez-Villacastín, Cristina Fernández Pérez, María Jesús García Torrent, Rafael Sánchez-del-Hoyo, Alberto García Lledó
المصدر: Vaccines, Vol 11, Iss 3, p 557 (2023)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: influenza, uptake, healthcare workers, incentives, costs, Medicine
الوصف: Introduction: Influenza vaccination campaigns have difficulty in reaching the 75% uptake in healthcare workers (HCWs) that public health organizations target. This study runs a campaign across 42 primary care centers (PCCs) where for every HCW vaccinated against influenza, a polio vaccine is donated through UNICEF for children in developing nations. It also analyses the efficacy and cost of the campaign. Method: This observational prospective non-randomized cohort study was conducted across 262 PCCs and 15.812 HCWs. A total of 42 PCCs were delivered the full campaign, 114 were used as the control group, and 106 were excluded. The vaccine uptake in HCWs within each of those PCCs was registered. The cost analysis assumes that campaign costs remain stable year to year, and the only added cost would be the polio vaccines (0.59€). Results: We found statistically significant differences between both groups. A total of 1423 (59.02%) HCWs got vaccinated in the intervention group and 3768 (55.76%) in the control group OR 1.14, CI 95% (1.04–1.26). In this scenario, each additional HCW vaccinated in the intervention group costs 10.67€. Assuming all 262 PCCs had joined the campaign and reached 59.02% uptake, the cost of running this incentive would have been 5506€. The potential cost of increasing uptake in HCWs by 1% across all PCC (n = 8816) would be 1683€, and across all healthcare providers, 8862€ (n = 83.226). Conclusions: This study reveals that influenza vaccination uptake can be innovative by including solidary incentives and be successful in increasing uptake in HCWs. The cost of running a campaign such as this one is low.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2076-393X
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/3/557; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-393X
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11030557
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/ae253aafc6ab497fa4af99f61fd2595f
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.253aafc6ab497fa4af99f61fd2595f
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:2076393X
DOI:10.3390/vaccines11030557