Hepatitis B vaccine immunization cost trend in community health service institution in Beijing, 1992–2013

ObjectiveTo calculate and analyze hepatitis B vaccine (HBV) immunization cost and its change pattern in community health service institution, and provide data support for policy-making and input-output evaluation of HBV immunization.

MethodsFirst, field investigation, and questionnaire survey were conducted to collect related information, and a database was established in ACCESS, the data was entered twice. Next, the data was analyzed in Excel 2016 software.

ResultsFrom 1992 to 2013, the overall cost of HBV immunization increased from171.42 ten thousand yuan to 556.21 ten thousand yuan with an annual growth rate of 5.76%; and the unit cost increased from 12.47 yuan to 21.29 yuan with an annual growth rate of 2.58%. In community health service institution, the cost of HBV immunization mainly originated from labor cost. Therefore, to some extent, the growth of total cost in community health service institution can attributed to that of labor cost.

ConclusionFor HBV immunization in communities in Beijing, both the overall cost and unit cost showed obvious increasing trends. The growth rate of unit cost was lower than that of total cost, and the growth of the overall cost in HBV immunization in communities was mainly resulted from the increase of labor cost.