The economic and operational value of using drones to transport vaccines

Leila A. Haidari, Shawn T. Brown, Marie Ferguson, Emily Bancroft, Marie Spiker, Allen Wilcox, Ramya Ambikapathi, Vidya Sampath, Diana L. Connor, Bruce Y. Lee · 2016

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Models vaccine availability and logistics cost together, rather than evaluating flight cost alone.

The baseline model reports 96% versus 94% availability and US$0.08 lower logistics cost per administered dose.

These are modeled outcomes in 2015 dollars, sensitive to hub utilization, delays and technology assumptions.