Public Health and Economic Impact of Periodic COVID-19 Vaccination with BNT162b2 for Old Adults and High-Risk Patients in an Illustrative Prefecture of Japan: A Budget Impact Analysis
Maintaining a high vaccination rate with BNT162b2 is important from both public health and economic perspectives in Japan. The findings highlight to local governments the importance of continued effort to promote vaccination.
Authors
- Mitsuhiro Nagano
- Kazumasa Kamei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7220-5142)
- Kosuke Tanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5569-9937)
- Shuhei Ito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0289-7766)
- Honoka Nakamura
- Sooyeol Lim
Institutions
- Tokyo Health Care University (JP)
- Pfizer (Japan) (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infectious Diseases and Therapy
- Published
- 2024-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40121-024-01032-y
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.58
Funders
- Pfizer Japan