Economic evaluation of the hepatitis C elimination strategy in Greece in the era of affordable direct-acting antivirals

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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2019; 25(11): 1327-1340
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Table 3 Estimated number of total hepatitis C virus infected (viremic cases), compensated cirrhosis, decompensated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma cases in 2030 and 2035 under base and hepatitis C virus elimination scenarios

	2015, Base n	2020, n (% change compared to 2015)	2030, n (% change compared to 2015)	2035, n (% change compared to base case in 2015)
	Base case
Total infected	132500	127940 (-3.4)	121460 (-8.3)	117750 (-11.1)
Compensated cirrhosis	17700	18584 (+4.9)	21100 (+19.2)	21280 (+20.2)
Decompensated cirrhosis	1830	1885 (+3.0)	2160 (+18.3)	2200 (+20.2)
HCC	590	605 (+2.5)	705 (+19.4)	710 (+20.3)
Liver related deaths	660	686 (+3.9)	790 (+19.6)	805 (+21.9)
	WHO Global Hepatitis Strategy
Total infected		107910 (-18.5)	28000 (-78.8)	2100 (-98.4)
Compensated cirrhosis		13584 (-23.2)	6480 (-63.3)	1084 (-93.9)
Compensated cirrhosis		1155 (-36.9)	610 (-66.7)	160 (-91.2)
HCC		395 (-33.0)	195 (-66.9)	30 (-94.9)
Liver related deaths		415 (-37.2)	226 (-65.7)	57 (-91.4)

HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; WHO: World Health Organization.

Citation: Gountas I, Sypsa V, Papatheodoridis G, Souliotis K, Athanasakis K, Razavi H, Hatzakis A. Economic evaluation of the hepatitis C elimination strategy in Greece in the era of affordable direct-acting antivirals. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(11): 1327-1340
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v25/i11/1327.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i11.1327