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Boulier, Bryan L.; Datta, Tejwant S.; Goldfarb, Robert S - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 7 (2007) 1

Abstract Vaccination provides indirect benefits to the unvaccinated. Despite its important policy implications, there … vaccination can be greater than one case of illness prevented among the nonvaccinated, so its omission from policy analyses …

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The Minicommunity Design to Assess Indirect Effects of Vaccination

Halloran, M. Elizabeth - In: Epidemiologic Methods 1 (2012) 1, pp. 83-105

Abstract We propose the minicommunity design to estimate indirect effects of vaccination. Establishing indirect effects … of vaccination in unvaccinated subpopulations could have important implications for global vaccine policies. In the … vaccination, similar to studies in larger communities to estimate indirect, total, and overall effects. Examples from the …

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among undergraduate students in Thailand during the peak of the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in 2021

Lin, Su Myat; Rattanapan, Cheerawit; Mongkolchati, Aroonsri - In: Epidemiologic Methods 11 (2022) s1

vaccination and to identify the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in university students. Methods A cross-sectional study …

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Branching Process Modelling of COVID-19 Pandemic Including Immunity and Vaccination

Atanasov, Dimitar; Stoimenova, Vessela; Yanev, Nikolay M. - In: Stochastics and Quality Control 36 (2022) 2, pp. 157-164

reproduction rate as well as on additional facets as immigration, adaptive immunity, and vaccination. Usually, in the existing …

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Prioritizing high-risk sub-groups in a multi-manufacturer vaccine distribution program

Hovav, Sharon; Herbon, Avi - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 28 (2017) 2, pp. 311-331

to propose a model for optimizing a large-scale influenza vaccination program (VP). The goal is to minimize the total … cost of the vaccination supply chain while guaranteeing a sufficiently high level of population protection. From a … clinics to each sub-group of customers during the vaccination season. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-integer programming …

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Health information behavior and related factors among Estonians aged ≥ 50 years during the COVID-19 pandemic

Paimre, Marianne; Virkus, Sirje; Osula, Kairi - In: Journal of Documentation 79 (2023) 5, pp. 1164-1181

COVID-19 vaccination, socioeconomic indicators and self-reported health among older adults aged = 50 years living in Estonia … vaccinated. Also, interest in digital applications corresponded to vaccination readiness (rho = 0.25, p < 0.001). However, this …

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The Impact and Targeting of Social Infrastructure Investments : Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social Fund

Pradhan, Menno; Rawlings, Laura B. - In: The World Bank Economic Review 16 (2002) 2, pp. 275-295

The benefit incidence and impact of projects financed by the Nicaraguan Emergency Social Investment Fund are investigated using a sample of beneficiaries, a national household survey, and two distinct comparison groups. The first group is constructed on the basis of geographic proximity between...

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Stop! The Polio Vaccination Cessation Game

Barrett, Scott - In: The World Bank Economic Review 24 (2010) 3, pp. 361-385

eradication, countries must choose the last option, but vaccination cessation entails interdependent risks as well as rewards …. This article models the polio vaccination cessation game, deriving the conditions that support vaccination cessation as an …

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Evaluating the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs

Rawlings, Laura B.; Rubio, Gloria M. - In: World Bank Research Observer 20 (2005) 1, pp. 29-56

Several developing economies have recently introduced conditional cash transfer programs, which provide money to poor families contingent on certain behavior, usually investments in human capital, such as sending children to school or bringing them to health centers. The approach is both an...

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What Works in Fighting Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries? A Critical Review

Zwane, Alix Peterson; Kremer, Michael - In: World Bank Research Observer 22 (2007) 1, pp. 1-24

The Millennium Development Goals call for reducing by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water. This goal was adopted in large part because clean water was seen as critical to fighting diarrheal disease, which kills 2 million children annually. There is...

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