Clinical- and Cost-Effectiveness of Liver Disease Staging in Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Microsimulation Study
FIB-4 staging alone resulted in optimal clinical outcomes and was cost-effective. Treatment for chronic HCV should not be delayed while awaiting fibrosis staging with TE.
Authors
- Rachel Epstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2831-8865)
- Tannishtha Pramanick
- Laurent Castéra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6715-8588)
- Dimitri Baptiste
- Philip A. Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0964-5895)
- Patrick Duryea
- Aurielle Thomas
- Benjamin P. Linas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9781-9690)
- Benjamin Buzzee
- Lynn E. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0472-8125)
- Richard K. Sterling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8637-2475)
- Matthew Carroll
- Sarah Munroe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5591-1454)
- Jordan J. Feld
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- Rhode Island Department of Health (US)
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Rhode Island (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Providence College (US)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Brown University (US)
- Hôpital Beaujon (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Toronto Liver Centre (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae485
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.37
Funders
- Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation
- Gilead Sciences
- Boston University
- Charles A. King Trust
- National Institutes of Health
- Center for AIDS Research, University of Washington
- National Institute on Aging
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Cancer Institute
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities