Estimation of direct costs for the implantation and effectiveness of vaccination against HPV in the State of Amazonas

Abstract

The study estimated the direct costs of implementing and conducting vaccination campaigns against HPV in the state of Amazonas. This is a cross-sectional prospective study, using mathematical models and descriptive of economic evaluation in health. Primary and secondary data were used to estimate the costs involved in the campaigns carried out between the years of 2013 and 2014. The costs were evaluated through the Pearson correlation analysis, with significant values of pXXXXXX0.05. It was identified that in the Amazon, the percentage coverage of the campaign for the 1st dose was 95.4%, in the second dose to the coverage was 94.4% and in the third dose 84.1% of the female adolescents. The total direct costs estimated for the three stages of the campaign, revealed the value of R $ 16,149,814.79, applied through the State Department of Health of Amazonas, as well as costs presented a statistically significant correlation with the target population variable (pXXXX0.001). The vaccination campaigns in Amazonas are very expensive and the complexity and dynamicity of the state’s territoriality and human resources must be considered, making it necessary to apply the principle of equity in the process of planning health actions for the implantation and the implementation of vaccination campaigns in the Amazon.