Why was the influenza vaccine effectiveness market started?
• A vaccine is available for seasonal influenza; however, the effectiveness of each season’s vaccine varies. • If health officials and health care workers could accurately forecast influenza vaccine effectiveness, they could provide advance warning of a suboptimal vaccine and assist in preparedness. • The generation of a consensus estimation of vaccine performance can be monitored to detect conditions that may signal suboptimal vaccine effectiveness. How can information from the IVE market be used? An accurate forecast of influenza vaccine effectiveness would be helpful in providing advance warning of a suboptimal vaccine to assist in public health preparedness. For example, public health officials could allocate resources to increase prophylactic medication administration, such as neuraminidase inhibitors, in high-risk groups (e.g. nursing home residents and staff). In addition, if increased a suboptimal vaccine could be predicted, hospital administrators could plan ahead and ensure t
