Bayou A
Tuesday, May 11, 2004: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM

A3: Optimal Use of Resources in Immunization

This workshop will focus on the valuation of immunization. Presenters discuss the value of vaccination from the perspective of the individual and Society and methods of estimating this value.
Learning Objectives: After attending this workshop, participants should be able to identify factors that affect acceptance and provision of vaccine.

Moderator:Fangjun Zhou
11:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
11:15 AMInfluence Of Price Of Vaccination On Adults' Willingness To Accept Influenza Immunization In An Urban Public Hospital Emergency Department
Mark L. Messonnier, Douglas D. Schwalm, William B. Cassidy, Dale Bell Marioneaux, Sarah D'Autremont, Bayo C. Willis, Daniel B. Fishbein
11:30 AMPreventing Rubella Outbreaks: Cost-effectiveness of Screening and Immunizing Hispanic Immigrants in the US: The North Carolina Rubella Surveillance and Prevention Project
Ismael R. Ortega-Sanchez, Laura Zimmerman, Kelly Saldana, Sheree Smith, Beth Rowe-West, Richard Carney, Susan Reef
11:45 AMCost per Hospitalized Case of Influenza
Noelle-Angelique Molinari, Ismael R. Ortega-Sanchez, Mark L. Messonnier
12:00 PMEngineering the Economic Value of Two Pediatric Combination Vaccines
Sheldon H. Jacobson, Edward C. Sewell
12:15 PMDiscussion

The 38th National Immunization Conference of CDC