2023
Modelling the impact of a high-uptake bivalent booster scenario on the COVID-19 burden and healthcare costs in New York City
Pandey A, Fitzpatrick M, Moghadas S, Vilches T, Ko C, Vasan A, Galvani A. Modelling the impact of a high-uptake bivalent booster scenario on the COVID-19 burden and healthcare costs in New York City. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2023, 24: 100555. PMID: 37554154, PMCID: PMC10405058, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthcare costsVaccine dosesInfluenza vaccine coverageCOVID-19 illnessDirect healthcare costsSevere health outcomesCOVID-19 vaccineCOVID-19 burdenNew York CityBooster vaccineVaccine coverageVaccination ratesBivalent vaccineBase case scenarioHealth outcomesEligible residentsProbable casesDisease controlVaccineCanadian InstituteCOVID-19VaccinationHealth researchCommonwealth FundOutcomes
2022
Modeling comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose fractionation in India
Du Z, Wang L, Pandey A, Lim WW, Chinazzi M, Piontti APY, Lau EHY, Wu P, Malani A, Cobey S, Cowling BJ. Modeling comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose fractionation in India. Nature Medicine 2022, 28: 934-938. PMID: 35210596, PMCID: PMC9117137, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01736-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge-scale survey dataEconomic benefitsFull dose vaccinationSurvey dataHospital admission costsDose-sparing strategiesCost of hospitalizationCOVID-19 deathsPopulation-level transmissionVaccine dosesVaccination strategiesAdmission costsEconomic burdenVaccine shortageFractional dosesVaccinationDose fractionationHigh transmissibilityVaccine distributionCostPublic healthVaccineWillingnessDosesIndia