Hepatitis C prevalence in Denmark in 2016-An updated estimate using multiple national registers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) can be eliminated as a public health threat by meeting the WHO targets: 90% of patients diagnosed and 80% treated by 2030. To achieve and monitor progress towards elimination, an updated estimate of the size of the CHC population is needed, but Denmark has no complete national CHC register. By combining existing registers in 2007, we estimated the population living with CHC to be 16,888 (0.38% of the adult population).

Aim

To estimate the population living with diagnosed and undiagnosed CHC in Denmark on 31 December 2016. Among additional aims were to estimate the proportion of patients attending specialised clinical care.

Methods

People with diagnosed CHC were identified from four national registers. The total diagnosed population

SUBMITTER: Nielsen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470322 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature