A cost-effectiveness analysis of a 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children in six Latin American countries

Table 5 Yearly disutilities according to condition

	Disutility value	Source
Short term disutilities associated with acute pathologies†
Pneumonia (hospitalized)	0.008	Assumed the same as for hospitalized bacteremia [63]
Pneumonia (ambulatory)	0.006	[63]
AOM (ambulatory)	0.005	[64]
AOM with myringotomy	0.005	Assumed the same as for AOM without myringotomy
Pneumococcal meningitis	0.023	[63]
Pneumococcal bacteremia	0.008	[63]
Long term disutilities associated with sequelae‡
Hearing loss due to AOM	0.090	[65]
Neurologic sequelae due to meningitis	0.400	[66]
Hearing loss due to meningitis	0.200	[66]

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