ILC are conducting this programme of work to highlight the value of immunisation across our longer lives, and how immunisation is key to the shift from curative to preventative healthcare that will be invaluable in an ageing world. [...] The median return on investment in preventative health interventions is approximately $34.2 for every dollar invested;4 vaccination being one of the key mechanisms for protecting the health of the public. [...] One study of a 2018 measles outbreak in Washington DC, US, found that direct healthcare costs only accounted for around 2% of total expenditure following the outbreak.10 Around a third was attributable to loss of economic productivity, but two-thirds of the total was the public health response cost of containing and responding to the 72 confirmed cases of measles (see Figure 1). [...] pdf Life course immunisation in an ageing world: beyond cost effectiveness 10 What are the barriers to expanding adult immunisation? One factor preventing clear and comprehensive evaluation of the benefits of immunisation is lack of data, and poor-quality data. [...] Coverage is the availability of vaccines in the health system, and uptake is the decision for individuals to present them- selves for vaccination.
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