Anthony E Fiore authored a report updating the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations for preventing hepatitis A through immunization. The report includes new epidemiology data from the era of childhood vaccination, economic analyses of nationwide routine vaccination, and final recommendations for routine vaccination of children across the United States. It updates the 1999 ACIP recommendations and consolidates the childhood immunization strategy initiated in 1996.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the impact of incremental childhood vaccination strategies on hepatitis A incidence based on the described policy timeline.
- Modeling the cost-effectiveness of nationwide routine vaccination based on the economic analyses mentioned in the description.
- Tracking the evolution of U.S. immunization policy for hepatitis A based on the series of ACIP recommendations from 1996, 1999, and the final update.
Strengths
- Report consolidates a multi-year policy evolution from 1996 to the final nationwide recommendation.
- Includes specific analyses on epidemiology and economics to support the updated recommendations.
Limitations
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Provenance
- Source
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
- Collection Method
- Policy analysis and synthesis of epidemiological and economic data.
- Time Range
- Covers policy and data from 1995-1996 licensure through the final recommendation update.
- Geography
- United States