Practical methodological guidance for carrying out exercises that involve primary data collection focused on assessing the costs of routine immunization services, including delivery costs, through retrospective costing [EPIC project, 2020].
Methodological guidance on each step of conducting a costing study on immunization campaigns [Health Systems Insight, 2021].
Harmonizing definitions and principles of for vaccine delivery costing [WHO-convened Vaccine Delivery Costing Working Group, 2022].
A list of assumptions on prices and other relevant information for cost analysis that underpins the World Health Organization Choosing Interventions that are Cost-Effective (WHO-CHOICE) approach [WHO, 2023].
Practical tips on data collection and reporting for immunization campaign costing studies [ThinkWell, 2021].
A guide to frequently asked questions on campaign costing studies [ThinkWell, 2021].
A guide to the key differences between routine and campaign costing [ThinkWell, 2021].
Description of immunization costing study reporting practices and checklist for writing up costing studies [ThinkWell, 2020].
Systematic review and simulation study to describe estimation methods used in multiside health costing studies and quantify their performance in terms of expected bias and variance [Clarke-Deelder et al., 2019].
A guide to ensuring that the process of cost estimation for global health services and interventions is transparent and clear, enhancing the interpretation and use of quality cost data for decision making [Global Health Cost Consortium, 2017].
Guide for the design and conduct of immunization costing studies [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2013].
These are a set of data collection and analysis templates for immunization campaign costing studies, including tools for facility, district, regional/state and national/federal levels and an accompanying user manual [ThinkWell, 2022].
The National Immunization Strategy costing application (NIS.COST) can be used to estimate the costs and budgeting requirements of a National Immunization Strategy [UNICEF, 2022].
This is a generic data collection template for costing routine immunization [EPIC project, 2012].
This toolkit provides guidance on sampling, survey instrument development and administration, and calculations for estimating the cost of routine immunization [ProVac Initiative].
This tool helps researchers develop cost-effective and efficient hierarchical clustered sample designs [EPIC Project and ProVac Initiative, 2019].
A guide to understanding the concepts of cost analysis, estimating the costs of the various aspects of new vaccine introduction and presenting and analysing results [WHO, 2002].
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