Table 5

Willingness-to-pay amounts in 2002 dollars for health states

a. For each health state avoided





Median
Mean
5th – 95th percentile
Range (minimum – maximum)

Influenza in 1-year old child*
175
469
0 – 1500
0 – 10,000
Influenza in 14-year old child*
100
288
0 – 1000
0 – 5,000
Guillain-Barré Syndrome in 1-year old child
5,000
28,579
100 – 100,000
10 – 1,000,000
Severe allergic reaction in 1-year old child
400
4,968
0 – 10,000
0 – 200,000
b. For risk reductions





Median
Mean
5th – 95th percentile
Range (minimum – maximum)

Influenza vaccine with no risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome after vaccination
100
341
3 – 2,000
0 – 5,000
Influenza vaccine with no risk of severe allergic reaction after vaccination
50
223
10 – 1,000
0 – 5,000

*P-value < .0001 using the sign test to assess whether WTP for influenza in a 1-year-old child is greater than WTP for influenza in a 14-year-old.

Prosser et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2005 3:18   doi:10.1186/1477-7525-3-18