Ten years countdown to hepatitis C elimination in Belgium: a mathematical modeling approach
Background Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a worldwide health problem. As a result, the World Health Organization (WHO) has set elimination targets by 2030. This study aims to examine the position of Belgium in meeting the WHO's targets by 2030. Methods A Markov disease progression model, constructed in Microsoft Excel, was utilized to quantify the size of the HCV-infected population, by the liver disease stages, from 2015 to 2030. Two scenarios were developed to (1) forecast the disease burden in Belgium under the 2019 Base and (2) see what is needed to achieve the... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
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BMC
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Schlagwörter: | Disease elimination / Health policy / Hepatitis C virus / Belgium |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26589820 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/37294 |