Cost-utility analysis of influenza vaccination among primary and secondary school students in Anshun City
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2026186
- VernacularTitle:安顺市中小学生接种流感疫苗的成本效用分析
- Author:
LI Jiao, XU Fei, ZENG Fei, ZHANG Dandan, YANG Li, LIU Lili, LI Jun, ZHENG Changning, LIU Ming
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Author Information
1. School of Public Health/Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 561113, Guizhou Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Influenza vaccines;
Vaccination;
Decision trees;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2026;47(7):1040-1044
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the cost utility of different influenza vaccination strategies for primary and secondary school students in Anshun City, so as to provide healtheconomic evidence for influenza prevention and control in this population.
Methods:Based on the demographic data of 380 700 students aged 5-14 in Anshun City in 2024, a decision tree model for different influenza vaccination strategies was constructed. The incremental cost utility ratio (ICUR) and net monetary benefit (NMB) were calculated, and sensitivity analysis was performed to assess the robustness of the model results.
Results:For influenza vaccination among primary and secondary school students in Anshun City, compared with the selfpaid strategy (2% coverage), the free strategy (45% coverage) and the target strategy (70% coverage) both yielded an ICUR of -7 874.29 yuan per quality adjusted life year (QALY). When using 1 and 3 times the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the willingness to pay thresholds, the per capita Net Monetary Benefit (NMB) was 1 000, 1 600 and 2 900, 4 500 RMB, respectively. The number of influenza infections or school absenteeism decreased by 25% and 40%, while saving a total cost of (46.779 5 and 73.976 8) million yuan, and increasing QALY by 5 940.79 and 9 394.73, respectively. Sensitivity analysis showed that within the reasonable fluctuation range of parameters, the ICUR remained consistently lower than the one and three times willingness to pay. Furthermore, 99% of the simulation results for both the free and target strategies fell below those thresholds, indicating high robustness of the model results.
Conclusion:Implementing free and target influenza vaccination strategies for primary and secondary school students in Anshun City offer distinct cost utility advantages, and the advantage enhances as the vaccination coverage rate increases.
