Clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of the updated COVID-19 mRNA Autumn 2023 vaccines in Germany

OBJECTIVES: To assess the potential clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA vaccines updated for Autumn 2023 in adults aged ≥60 years and high-risk persons aged 30-59 years in Germany over a 1-year analytic time horizon (September 2023-August 2024).

METHODS: A compartmental Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered model was updated and adapted to the German market. Numbers of symptomatic infections, a number of COVID-19 related hospitalizations and deaths, costs, and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained were calculated using a decision tree model. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of an Autumn 2023 Moderna updated COVID-19 (mRNA-1273.815) vaccine was compared to no additional vaccination. Potential differences between the mRNA-1273.815 and the Autumn Pfizer-BioNTech updated COVID-19 (XBB.1.5 BNT162b2) vaccines, as well as societal return on investment for the mRNA-1273.815 vaccine relative to no vaccination, were also examined.

RESULTS: Compared to no autumn vaccination, the mRNA-1273.815 campaign is predicted to prevent approximately 1,697,900 symptomatic infections, 85,400 hospitalizations, and 4,100 deaths. Compared to an XBB.1.5 BNT162b2 campaign, the mRNA-1273.815 campaign is also predicted to prevent approximately 90,100 symptomatic infections, 3,500 hospitalizations, and 160 deaths. Across both analyses we found the mRNA-1273.815 campaign to be dominant.

CONCLUSIONS: The mRNA-1273.815 vaccine can be considered cost-effective relative to the XBB.1.5 BNT162b2 vaccine and highly likely to provide more benefits and save costs compared to no vaccine in Germany, and to offer high societal return on investment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

2023

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical economics - 27(2023), 1 vom: 13. Jan., Seite 39-50

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Joshi, Keya [VerfasserIn]
Scholz, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Maschio, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Kohli, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Amy [VerfasserIn]
Fust, Kelly [VerfasserIn]
Ultsch, Bernhard [VerfasserIn]
Van de Velde, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Beck, Ekkehard [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273
BNT162 Vaccine
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Coronavirus
Cost-effectiveness
EPK39PL4R4
Germany
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Journal Article
RNA, Messenger
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 16.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/13696998.2023.2290388

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365416401