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Table 2 Distributions used in the simulations to estimate the average costs of adverse events per vaccinee.

From: The average cost of measles cases and adverse events following vaccination in industrialised countries

Complication

Consequence

Distribution

Mean

Minimum

Maximum

Adverse events (per vaccinee)

     

Encephalitis

Frequency (per 100,000)

Triangular

0.05

0

0.1

 

% hospitalised

Fixed

100.0

  
 

LoS hospital

Triangular

6.0

3.0

9.0

Convulsions

Frequency (per 100,000)

Triangular

28.0

17

34

 

% hospitalised

Triangular

20.0

10.0

40.0

 

LoS hospital

Uniform

2.6

1.0

4.2

 

% visiting a clinic

Fixed

100.0

  
 

Number of antipyretics bought

Fixed

1.0

  
 

Number of anticonvulsivants bought

Fixed

1.0

  

Anaphylaxis

Frequency (per 100,000)

Triangular

0.6

0.1

1.0

 

% hospitalised

Fixed

100.0

  
 

LoS hospital

Uniform

1.5

1.0

2.0

Thrombocytopenia

Frequency (per 100,000)

Uniform

3.3

3.1

3.5

 

% hospitalised

Fixed

100.0

  
 

LoS hospital

Uniform

3.8

2.0

5.6

Fever

Frequency (per 100)

Triangular

8.7

2.0

19.0

 

% visiting a clinic

Uniform

10.0

0.0

20.0

 

Number of antipyretics bought

Fixed

1.0

  
 

Number of working hours missed

Uniform

12

6.0

18.0

SSPE

Frequency (per 100,000)

Uniform

0.07

0

0.14