Parameters | Values | References |
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Costs (2013 US$) | ||
 Mean vaccine unit price per dose | 6.5 | [33] |
 Auto-disposable syringes unit price | 0.069 | [33] |
 Safety boxes unit price | 0.94 | [33] |
 Introduction, initial costs per child | 0.17 | [33] |
 Administration costs per child | 0.25 | [33] |
 Cold chain equipment and maintenance cost per child | 0.02 | [33] |
 Other costs per child | 1.99 | [33] |
 Freight cost for vaccine and devices as % of vaccine values | 10% | [33] |
 Mean vaccination cost per child | 26.88 | [33] |
Mean total indirect medical cost of infections | ||
 Mean transportation cost | 5.8 | Surveyϯ |
 Mean meals cost | 9.5 | Surveyϯ |
 Mean accommodation cost | 1.8 | Surveyϯ |
Mean total direct medical cost of infections | ||
 Mean inpatient cost | 1.4 | Surveyϯ |
 Mean diagnosis cost | 2.3 | Surveyϯ |
 Mean home care cost | 0.3 | Surveyϯ |
 Mean drugs cost | 5.9 | Surveyϯ |
 Mean lost productivity cost per child | 30.8 | Surveyϯ |
Disability and age weights | ||
 Pneumonia* | 0.28 | |
 Sepsis | 0.28 | |
 Acute otitis media | 0.334 | [16] |
 Meningitis | 0.62 | [34] |
 Age weights | 0.04 | [38] |
Mean duration of illness (in days) | ||
 Pneumonia, Sepsis and Acute otitis media | 6 |  |
 Meningitis | 10 | [34] |
General parameters | ||
 Life expectancy (years) | 65 | [39] |
 Discount rate | 3% | [38] |