HEPATITIS-B VACCINATION - 3 DECISION STRATEGIES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
HEPATITIS-B VACCINATION - 3 DECISION STRATEGIES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-9343(84)90182-7
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
RANSOHOFF, DF
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作者:
LITTENBERG, B;RANSOHOFF, DF
Strategies (3) regarding hepatitis B virus vaccination were compared by decision analysis: no vaccination, immediate vaccination and vaccination after 2 yr. The potential advantage of waiting 2 yr is to learn whether serious vaccine side effects will become evident. For example, immediate hepatitis B vaccination of 100,000 surgical house officers with a 5% annual attack rate for 5 yr would, compared with no vaccination, prevent 4092 cases of icteric hepatitis, 335 cases of chronic active hepatitis and 15 deaths from fulminant hepatitis. For a strategy of waiting 2 yr, the number of cases prevented would decrease by .apprx. 40%. Persons in groups with an annual attack rate < 5% appear to benefit from vaccination. The known health risks of hepatitis B virus vaccination are low, and the hypothesized risks would have to be frequent to justify delay in vaccination. From an individual perspective, even persons at low hepatitis B virus infection risk should seriously consider immediate vaccination.