Mafirakureva, N., Lim, A.G., Khalid, G.G. et al. (13 more authors) (2021) Cost‐effectiveness of screening and treatment using direct‐acting antivirals for chronic Hepatitis C virus in a primary care setting in Karachi, Pakistan. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 28 (2). pp. 268-278. ISSN 1352-0504
Abstract
Despite the availability of effective direct‐acting antiviral (DAA) treatments for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, many people remain undiagnosed and untreated. We assessed the cost‐effectiveness of a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) HCV screening and treatment programme within a primary health clinic in Karachi, Pakistan. A health state transition Markov model was developed to estimate the cost‐effectiveness of the MSF programme. Programme cost and outcome data were analysed retrospectively. The incremental cost‐effectiveness ratio (ICER) was calculated in terms of incremental cost (2016 US$) per disability‐adjusted life year (DALY) averted from the provider's perspective over a lifetime horizon. The robustness of the model was evaluated using deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses (PSA). The ICER for implementing testing and treatment compared to no programme was US$450/DALY averted, with 100% of PSA runs falling below the per capita Gross Domestic Product threshold for cost‐effective interventions for Pakistan (US$1,422). The ICER increased to US$532/DALY averted assuming national HCV seroprevalence (5.5% versus 33% observed in the intervention). If the cost of liver disease care was included (adapted from resource use data from Cambodia which has similar GDP to Pakistan), the ICER dropped to US$148/DALY, while it became cost‐saving if a recently negotiated reduced drug cost of $75/treatment course was assumed (versus $282 in base‐case) in addition to cost of liver disease care. In conclusion, screening and DAA treatment for HCV infection are expected to be highly cost‐effective in Pakistan, supporting the expansion of similar screening and treatment programmes across Pakistan.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Viral Hepatitis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | chronic hepatitis C; cost‐effectiveness; low‐income population; Pakistan; treatment costs |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2020 14:37 |
Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2022 16:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jvh.13422 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:168517 |