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==Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy== | ==Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy== | ||
Today, since there is no available [[antiviral]] treatment for [[smallpox]], the [[vaccine]] is the only cost for the treatment. | |||
In the past the development and distribution of the bifurcated [[needle]] represented one of the costs. This [[needle]] improved the ease and cost of [[vaccination]] About 1,000 needles cost only $5. The [[needle]] could be boiled and reused hundreds of times. Also, since these [[needle]] required a smaller amount of [[vaccine]] the vials of [[vaccine]] could now vaccinate 4 times as many people. This was an important achievement since there were certain countries that could not afford any sort of [[vaccination]] above a very minimal cost. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
The efforts made in the eradication smallpox were cost-effective since the disease was successfully eradicated in 1980.
Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy
Today, since there is no available antiviral treatment for smallpox, the vaccine is the only cost for the treatment.
In the past the development and distribution of the bifurcated needle represented one of the costs. This needle improved the ease and cost of vaccination About 1,000 needles cost only $5. The needle could be boiled and reused hundreds of times. Also, since these needle required a smaller amount of vaccine the vials of vaccine could now vaccinate 4 times as many people. This was an important achievement since there were certain countries that could not afford any sort of vaccination above a very minimal cost.