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ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2020

Early Treatment Uptake and Cost Burden of Hepatitis C Therapies Among Newly Diagnosed Hepatitis C Patients with a Particular Focus on HIV Coinfection.

Sascha van Boemmel-Wegmann, Vincent Lo Re, Haesuk Park

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Article in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sascha van Boemmel-WegmannDepartment of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, HPNP Building Room 3325, 1225 Center Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
Vincent Lo ReDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Haesuk ParkDepartment of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, HPNP Building Room 3325, 1225 Center Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. hpark@cop.ufl.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3299-8111

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Medicaid Prior Authorization Policies for Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment in Vulnerable PopulationsK01DA045618 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI PARK, HAESUK · 2018 to 2022
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NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA045618
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Abstract

backgroundDespite the high efficacy and safety associated with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), access to HCV treatment has been frequently restricted because of the high DAA drug costs.

objectivesTo (1) compare HCV treatment initiation rates between HCV monoinfected and HCV/HIV coinfected patients before (pre-DAA period) and after (post-DAA period) all-oral DAAs became available; and to (2) estimate the HCV treatment costs for payers and patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsA retrospective analysis of the MarketScan

resultsA total of 15,063 HCV patients [382 (2.5%) HIV coinfected] in the pre-DAA period and 14,896 [429 (2.9%) HIV coinfected] in the post-DAA period were included. HCV/HIV coinfected patients had lower odds of HCV treatment uptake compared to HCV monoinfected patients during the pre-DAA period [OR, 0.59; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.45-0.78], but no significant difference in odds of HCV treatment uptake was observed during the post-DAA period (OR, 1.08; 95% CI, 0.87-1.33). From 2009 to 2016, average payers' treatment costs (dual, $20,820; all-oral DAAs, $99,661; p < 0.001) as well as average patients' copayments (dual, $593; all-oral DAAs $933; p < 0.001) increased significantly.

conclusionsHCV treatment initiation rates increased, especially among HCV/HIV coinfected patients, from the pre-DAA to the post-DAA period. However, payers' expenditures per course of therapy saw an almost fivefold increase and patients' copayments increased by 55%.

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Antiviral AgentsDatabases, FactualFemaleHepatitis C, ChronicHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesAntiviral AgentsCoinfectionDrug costsHepatitis CHIVTreatment initiation

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PMCPMC7358122

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