Questionnaire: Guidelines for the economic evaluation of vaccination programs in Canada

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) provides the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) with ongoing and timely medical, scientific, and public health advice relating to immunization.

In addition to safety, efficacy, effectiveness, immunogenicity, and burden of illness, PHAC has expanded the mandate of NACI to include the consideration of programmatic factors in developing evidence-based recommendations to facilitate timely decision-making for publicly funded vaccine programs at provincial and territorial levels. The additional factors to be systematically considered by NACI include economics, ethics, equity, feasibility, and acceptability.

The first edition of the NACI Guidelines on the Economic Evaluation of Vaccination Programs in Canada, hereafter referred to as the Guidelines, is now available as a draft for public comment.

The Guidelines have been established to articulate best practices for conducting and reporting economic evaluations of vaccination programs in Canada. This is so that decision-makers in Canada's publicly funded health system can have access to consistent and credible information to inform decisions related to vaccination programs. The target audience of these Guidelines include researchers conducting such economic evaluations, as well as policy-makers using the results generated from such evaluations.

NACI is now seeking input on the draft Guidelines from stakeholders, including but not limited to:

• Provinces and territories
• The Canadian Immunization Committee
• Vaccine Safety Working Group
• The Council of the Chief Medical Officers of Health
• National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs)
• Provincial Immunization Technical Advisory Group (PITAGs)
• Health Technology Assessment Agencies
• Patient advocacy groups
• Researchers
• Policy Makers
• Industry
• Other interested parties

On the public consultation webpage, you will find the link to the guidelines (in HTML, as a downloadable PDF, and downloadable Word document).

On the CANVax website under Webinars (CANVax Webinars), you will find two recordings highlighting the key content from the Guidelines. The shorter version is for policy-makers, and the longer version is for analysts conducting economic evaluations.

All feedback received will be considered by the NACI Secretariat and Economic Guidelines Task Group in their final review before it is tabled for final approval by NACI and made publicly available. Your feedback will help inform the updates to the guidelines, however no separate report will be issued.

All feedback is due by June 17, 2022 at 11:59PM EST.

If you have any questions, please contact the NACI Secretariat at naci-ccni@phac-aspc.gc.ca.

Privacy notice

The personal information you provide to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) will be used by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) under section 3 the Public Health Agency of Canada Act and will be governed in accordance with the Privacy Act. Your decision to participate or not is yours alone and there will be no consequences if you decide not to participate.

Why we are collecting your personal information

The personal information that you are providing, including your views are being collected in order to seek your feedback on the NACI Guidelines on the Economic Evaluation of Vaccination Programs in Canada. Your personal information may also be used to understand the demographics of participants contributing to these consultations and to facilitate following up with respondents should clarification be required for any responses given. Respondents will not be contacted for any other purpose and only if clarification is required. Comments featured in the consultation summary will not be attributed to any specific individual or organization.

We will be collecting your information via email submissions or through the Voxco tool and, as such, your personal information is subject to Voxco's privacy policy available at privacy policy. Further information about this tool is available at online survey tool.

Sharing your personal information for any other reason

Except where required by law, your personal information will never be used for any other purpose other than the purpose identified in this notice. Personal information may also be used for program evaluation. In other limited and specific circumstances, personal information may be used and/or disclosed without consent in accordance with section 7 and subsection 8(2) of the Privacy Act.

Your rights

You have the right to access and request a correction and/or notation to your personal information. You also have a right to complain to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada if you feel your personal information has been handled improperly. For more information about these rights, or about how we handle your personal information, you may contact us at naci-ccni@phac-aspc.gc.ca.

For more information

The collection of your personal information is described in Info Source at PHAC's Info Source page. Refer to the PHAC class of personal information bank (PIB), Outreach Activities PSU 938.

Instructions for completing the questionnaire

For provincial and territorial jurisdictions, federal/ provincial/ territorial groups, and other organizations (including industry), return only one completed consultation that summarizes your organization's position on the content of the draft Guidelines. Individuals are welcome to submit feedback as well.

Keep in mind that the final draft of the Guidelines will go through a comprehensive language edit, therefore, editorial comments are not necessary unless they are technically relevant or provide important context.

If you do not complete the consultation in one session, you may return to continue where you left off by accessing the consultation using the same computer or device you began the consultation with. Your responses should be saved up to the last page you clicked the forward arrow on.

You must press "Submit" at the end of the online questionnaire, for your responses to be shared with the NACI Secretariat.

On the public consultation webpage, you will find the questionnaire and guidelines available for download.

If you have any questions, please contact the NACI Secretariat at naci-ccni@phac-aspc.gc.ca.

Thank you

Please ensure to provide your answers through the online questionnaire and click the "Submit" button at the end.

In order for your feedback to be considered, you must provide your answers online and click "Submit".

CSIMS promotion

Thank you for taking the time to complete this consultation.

Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada have designed a new stakeholder registry that will help you stay informed of the latest consultations and participate in our engagement activities.

Click here to register