Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalization rates have increased since the American Academy of Pediatrics updated guidelines in 2014 to recommend against the use of palivizumab for preterm infants 29 – 35 weeks’ gestational age (GA) without additional risk factors. A new treatment candidate, nirsevimab, is being developed to target this population. We compared the cost-effectiveness of palivizumab with standard care (no prophylaxis) in this population and estimated the cost-effective price for nirsevimab.

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