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Cost-effectiveness analysis of boceprevir for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection in Portugal.
Applied health economics and health policy - 1 Feb 2013
Elbasha Elamin H, Chhatwal Jagpreet, Ferrante Shannon A, El Khoury Antoine C, Laires Pedro A
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BACKGROUND: The recent approval of two protease inhibitors, boceprevir and telaprevir, is likely to change the management of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the long-term clinical outcomes and the cost effectiveness of therapeutic strategies using boceprevir with peginterferon plus ribavirin (PR) in comparison with PR alone for treating HCV genotype 1 infection in...
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