What does the vaccination cost me? | Vaccination against pneumonia

What does the vaccination cost me?

The costs of vaccinations against pneumococcus and Haemophilus influenzae are covered by health insurance if the patient belongs to one of the risk groups mentioned above. The annual flu vaccination is available in the autumn months in every family doctor’s practice or from many company doctors. In any case, the costs for this are covered by the health insurance companies.

Vaccinations for babies

The STIKO (Permanent Vaccination Commission of the Robert Koch Institute) currently recommends vaccination of infants and young children against Haemophilus influenzae and pneumococcus. Vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae is carried out in four partial vaccinations at the ages of two, three, four and eleven to fourteen months. If the vaccination is missed in the first year of life, the vaccination can be repeated until the fourth year of life.

For the vaccination against pneumococcus three partial vaccinations at the age of two, four and eleven to fourteen months are necessary. If these are missed, you can be re-vaccinated until you are two years old. Vaccination against influenza is not given to infants, toddlers and children, it is only available for adults.

Vaccination from the age of 60

From the age of 60, the STIKO of the Robert Koch Institute recommends annual vaccination against influenza viruses.Although the virus flu is considered an unpleasant but harmless disease, complications in the course of the disease are increasing in older people. The most feared complication of influenza is pneumonia, which can be potentially fatal. The probability of a fatal outcome of the disease increases with age and with the occurrence of concomitant diseases. The development of pneumonia at the bottom of a flu infection can be effectively prevented by annual vaccination.