Funding Information: This work was conducted as part of the project, \u2018Vaccine Effectiveness, Burden and Impact Studies (VEBIS) of COVID-19 and Influenza\u2019, funded by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control through service contracts with Epiconcept (ECD.12616, ECD.13017, ECD.13350, ECD.14646, and ECD.15029 - implementing framework contract ECDC/2021/016). The support of Epiconcept to the ...
Funding Information: This project received funding from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) under the contract ECD.11486. Funding Information: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003673. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights rese...
BackgroundTo increase the acceptability of influenza vaccine, it is important to quantify the overall benefits of the vaccination programme.AimTo assess the impact of influenza vaccination in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, we estimated the number of medically attended influenza-confirmed cases (MAICC) in primary care averted in the seasons 2015/16 to 2017/18 among those ≥ 65 years.MethodsWe used an ecolog...