Routine rotavirus vaccinations of infants cost US$138 per case averted and US$197 190 per life year saved from a societal perspectiveCost-effectiveness and potential impact of rotavirus vaccination in the United States.

Buttery, Jim P FRACP, MSc (commentator)
Widdowson, MA
Meltzer, MI
Zhang, X
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Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★★☆ Paediatrics (general) ★★★★★★☆ Public health ★★★★★★☆

For correspondence: Dr M A Widdowson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. [email protected]

Source of funding: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Evidence Based Medicine 12(5):p 153, October 2007.