Health care costs associated with chronic hepatitis C virus infection in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-quality estimates of health care costs are required to understand the burden of illness and to inform economic models. We estimated the costs associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection from the public payer perspective in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

In this population-based retrospective cohort study, we identified patients aged 18-105 years diagnosed with chronic HCV infection in Ontario from 2003 to 2014 using linked administrative data. We allocated the time from diagnosis until death or the end of follow-up (Dec. 31, 2016) to 9 mutually exclusive health states using validated algorithms: no cirrhosis, no cirrhosis (RNA negative) (i.e., cured HCV infection), compensated cirrhosis, decompensated cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, both decompensated ci

SUBMITTER: Wong WWL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8034296 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature