An economic evaluation of increased uptake in Q fever vaccination among meat and agricultural industry workers following implementation of the National Q Fever Management Program

Abstract

Introduction: Q fever is a serious but vaccine-preventable infectious disease that predominantly affects those working in the meat and agricultural industries. In October 2000, the Commonwealth Government introduced the National Q Fever Management Program. This economic evaluation assesses the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of improved vaccine uptake among meat and agricultural industry workers. Methods: Separate analyses were conducted for meat and agricultural industry workers. Clinical and epidemiological data used to create the models were obtained from published sources. Markov modelling was used to estimate the impact of Q fever vaccination uptake on the direct costs and outcomes ..