Health Care Cost | Flu & Pneumonia Evaluation Measures

Health care costs measures for adult immunization^1-4

In contrast with the worker productivity costs described above, health care costs are measures of the direct medical expenses of providing employee health care and preventive health programs.

Baseline  

• Determine costs and use for health care, such as disability, health care costs, and immunizations for vaccine-preventable diseases such as influenza related illness and disability
• Determine the health care use and costs of employees before and after a vaccine-preventable disease program such as an influenza education program or vaccination campaign

Process

• Periodic repeats of baseline measurements

Outcome

• Assess changes in health care use and costs from baseline
• Compare health care use and costs of employees before and after a vaccine-preventable disease program such as an influenza education program or vaccination campaign