[Rethinking the reimbursement policy of direct acting antivirals against chronic hepatitis C].
New direct-acting antivirals (DAA) against hepatitis C virus (HCV) have led to a therapeutic revolution in HCV management and virological cure rates approaching 100% while potentially avoiding significant complications of HCV (first cause of liver transplantation). We estimated the price of sustained virological response (SVR) depending on treatment strategy and patient profile. Costs of treatment with recent DAAs being so high, the accessibility to those drugs for the majority of subjects is hitherto limited to advanced stages of hepatitis C. This current situation increases the inequity and strengthens the dominant position of insurers and pharmaceutical companies with a rationing of care. We suggest herein global approaches from a population-level and health-care perspective aiming to reduce the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality related to HCV.
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Vernaz
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D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000191:economics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms
D000998:Antiviral Agents