Access to anticancer medicines in public hospitals of Northwestern China.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the accessibility of anticancer medicines in public hospitals of Shaanxi, a representative province of Northwestern China.

Methods: Thirty-one anticancer medicines were investigated in 146 designated public hospitals in 10 cities of Shaanxi Province. We used medicine procurement data from the Shaanxi Drug Centralized Purchasing Platform during 2019-2021.

Cost-Effectiveness of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine for Adults Aged ≥50 Years in China.

Introduction: Adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) was the first vaccine made available for herpes zoster in China. Authors aimed to evaluate its economic and health impacts on Chinese adults aged ≥50 years.

Methods: A lifetime Markov model was developed to compare the cost-effectiveness of RZV with that of no vaccination from a societal perspective.

Impact of video-led educational intervention on uptake of influenza vaccine among the elderly in western China: a community-based randomized controlled trial.

Background: Influenza vaccination coverage rate among the elderly is low in China. We aimed to evaluate the impact of video-led educational intervention on influenza vaccine uptake among the Chinese elderly.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 8 communities of Xi'an, a representative city in western China.

Parental Preferences of Influenza Vaccination for Children in China: A National Survey with a Discrete Choice Experiment.

The influenza vaccination coverage among children is low in China. We aimed to conduct a nationwide survey to quantify parental preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for influenza vaccination for their children. Parents with children aged six months to 18 years from six provinces in China were investigated by a discrete choice experiment regarding six influenza vaccination attributes.

Preference of influenza vaccination among the elderly population in Shaanxi province, China.

The influenza vaccination uptake rate is low in China. In the current study, we aimed to explore the preferences of influenza vaccination among the Chinese elderly. A discrete choice experiment design was performed to assess their preferences toward five influenza vaccination attributes, including vaccine effectiveness, duration of protection, severe adverse effects, vaccination cost, and vaccination recommendation source.