EE17 Societal Cost of Racial Disparities in Pneumococcal Disease in U.S. Adults Aged 50 Years or Older

Abstract

Racial health disparities in pneumococcal disease (PD) exist, with greater disease risk and lower vaccination rates in U.S. Black adults. Disparities affect both PD direct costs and longer-term costs of disability and premature mortality. Estimating societal costs of pneumococcal disease disparities in Black adults could inform mitigation of those disparities.