Cost-effectiveness of palivizumab prophylaxis for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) : a systematic review.: HP40-320/2022E-PDF

"Palivizumab (PVZ) prophylaxis is used as passive immunization for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). However, due to its high acquisition costs, the value of this intervention is unclear. The objective of this study was to systematically review the cost-effectiveness of PVZ prophylaxis compared to no prophylaxis in infants under 24 months of age"--Executive summary, page 3.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Public Health Agency of Canada, issuing body.
Title Cost-effectiveness of palivizumab prophylaxis for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) : a systematic review.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Cover title.
"Publication date: January 2023."
At head of title: An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS), National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).
Issued also in French under title: Rapport coût-efficacité de la prophylaxie par palivizumab pour le virus respiratoire syncytial (VRS) : un examen systématique.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-18).
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Public Health Agency of Canada = Agence de la santé publique du Canada, 2023.
©2023
Description 1 online resource (41 pages) : graphs
ISBN 9780660449364
Catalogue number
  • HP40-320/2022E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 220361
Subject terms Palivizumab -- Canada -- Cost effectiveness.
Respiratory syncytial virus -- Canada.
Infants -- Diseases -- Canada.
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