Does the Choice of Health Metric, DALY or QALY, Influence Conclusions of Health Economic Evaluation? A Case Study of Rotavirus Vaccine in Burundi.

In case of rotavirus diarrhea, in which mortality burden is considered larger than morbidity due to short duration of disease, although the use of DALY consistently led to more favorable cost-effective result than the use of QALY such effects were considered small and less likely to affect the EE conclusion under current CET of 1 GDP per capita.