Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Strategy to Vaccinate Healthy Working Adults Against Influenza
Archives of Internal MedicinePublished 12 March 2001
Kristin L. Nichol
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Influenza vaccination of healthy working adults on average is cost saving, and these findings support a strategy of routine, annual vaccination for this group, especially when vaccination occurs in efficient and low-cost sites.
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Influenza vaccination of healthy working adults on average is cost saving. These findings support a strategy of routine, annual vaccination for this group, especially when vaccination occurs in efficient and low-cost sites.
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