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Table 8 Cost-effectiveness of vaccinating boys and girls compared with vaccinating girls alone

From: Cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccination in Germany

Vaccination strategy

Comparator (coverage in 12-year-old girls, no vaccination of boys), %

Incremental cases prevented (undiscounted)

ICER (€/QALY)

Bivalent vaccination

Quadrivalent vaccination

Coverage in 12-year-old girls, %

Coverage in 12-year-old boys, %

Cervical cancer

Cervical cancer death

Health care payer perspective

Societal perspective

Health care payer perspective

Societal perspective

2 doses

3 doses

2 doses

3 doses

2 doses

3 doses

2 doses

3 doses

50 (base case)

0 (base case)

0 (base case)

99,914

23,703

19,450

34,249

13,248

28,047

3645

14,711

Cost-saving

8984

50

20

50

16,899

4396

67,129

105,794

61,077

99,742

58,549

94,186

52,648

88,284

50

50

50

32,923

8628

83,602

130,449

77,607

124,453

73,973

117,240

68,118

111,386

50

80

50

37,335

9906

110,977

171,424

105,091

165,538

98,369

153,849

92,625

148,105

20

0

0

46,844

10,815

15,659

28,568

9410

22,318

Cost-saving

3387

Cost-saving

Cost-saving

20

20

20

28,308

7110

34,669

57,024

28,663

51,019

19,892

37,985

14,223

32,316

20

50

20

68,041

17,040

37,066

60,682

30,959

54,574

26,478

46,965

20,617

41,104

20

80

20

87,611

22,065

46,525

74,844

40,440

68,758

36,033

61,027

30,164

55,158

80

0

0

133,226

32,295

25,028

42,605

18,873

36,450

10,562

24,412

4798

18,648

80

20

80

2157

658

313,627

475,013

308,346

469,732

269,103

410,286

263,974

405,157

80

50

80

4365

1332

364,237

550,917

358,953

545,633

311,264

473,605

306,138

468,478

80

80

80

5934

1809

413,018

624,085

407,724

618,790

352,012

534,785

346,880

529,653

  1. ICER incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, QALY quality-adjusted life year