Economic Costs of Measles Outbreak in the Netherlands, 2013-2014

In 2013 and 2014, the Netherlands experienced a measles outbreak in orthodox Protestant communities with low measles-mumps-rubella vaccination coverage. Assessing total outbreak costs is needed for public health outbreak preparedness and control. Total costs of this outbreak were an estimated $4.7 m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2015-11, Vol.21 (11), p.2067-2069
Hauptverfasser:	Suijkerbuijk, Anita W M, Woudenberg, Tom, Hahné, Susan J M, Nic Lochlainn, Laura, de Melker, Hester E, Ruijs, Wilhelmina L M, Lugnér, Anna K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	cost analysis Cost control costs Disease Outbreaks - economics Dispatch Economic aspects Economic Costs of Measles Outbreak in the Netherlands, 2013–2014 Health care costs health care economics Humans Measles Measles - economics Measles - epidemiology measles-mumps-rubella vaccine Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine - therapeutic use Measles-mumps-rubella vaccines Netherlands - epidemiology Public Health - economics Public Health - trends Vaccination Vaccination - economics Vaccination - trends
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Zusammenfassung:	In 2013 and 2014, the Netherlands experienced a measles outbreak in orthodox Protestant communities with low measles-mumps-rubella vaccination coverage. Assessing total outbreak costs is needed for public health outbreak preparedness and control. Total costs of this outbreak were an estimated $4.7 million.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2111.150410