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

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2019; 25(11): 1327-1340
Published online Mar 21, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i11.1327

Table 2 Annual direct costs per patients in Euros

	Annual costs, €
Lab costs for anti-HCV, RNA test, genotyping exam and liver biopsy/elastography	350
Screening cost per screen	10¹
Cost per diagnosed patient without antiviral treatment
F0-F3	230
Compensated cirrhosis, F4	1340
Decompensated cirrhosis	4460
Hepatocellular carcinoma	33000
Liver transplantation	134600²
Liver transplant - subsequent years	4600
Antiviral treatment costs of DAAs
2015-2016	42000
2017-2023	13000
2024-2035	13000/8500³

¹Cost per screen;

²Cost per patient for one time (includes all pre-transplantation, transplantation and post-transplantation courses);

³Under optimistic price reduction scenario. DAAs: Direct-acting antivirals; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.

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

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 [PMID: 30918426 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i11.1327]

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