[Medico-economic assessment of the therapeutic management of patients with hepatitis C]

Abstract

Objectives: To present a review of the literature on the economic assessment of health care for hepatitis C virus infected patients.

Methods: The identification of articles was based on Medline. A scale was used to compare the methodology and results of the economic evaluations.

Results: The results emphasize the shortage of studies in the field of hepatitis C, and the inadequacy of epidemiological, clinical and economic data on hepatitis C virus infection, as well as of clinical research from an economic perspective.

Conclusion: To implement an efficient screening and health care policy, health care decision makers need criteria to evaluate the efficiency of treatment strategies for hepatitis C. Economic analyses could provide important information for the social debate on hepatitis treatment.