作者: A. Brett Hauber , Robbin Itzler , F. Reed Johnson , Ateesha F. Mohamed , Juan Marcos González
DOI: 10.1016/J.VACCINE.2011.08.041
关键词: Rotavirus Infections 、 Rotavirus 、 Pediatrics 、 Developed country 、 Rotavirus gastroenteritis 、 Medicine
摘要: Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide. Health-state utility measures used economic evaluations rotavirus vaccines do not reflect differences between mild symptoms and, therefore, adequately capture preferences for non-fatal outcomes associated with industrialized countries. This paper describes development results a survey specifically designed to develop quality-adjusted time equivalents among sample parents United States as an alternative conventional QALY assessing cost-effectiveness.