Quantifying the fraction of cirrhosis attributable to alcohol among chronic hepatitis C virus patients: Implications for treatment cost-effectiveness

Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 451-460

  Innes, Hamish A ^a,b   Hutchinson, Sharon J ^a,b   Barclay, Stephen ^c   Cadzow, Elaine ^c,d,e   Dillon, John F ^f   Fraser, Andrew ^g   Goldberg, David J ^b   Mills, Peter R ^d   McDonald, Scott A ^a,b   Morris, Judith ^e   Stanley, Adrian ^c   Hayes, Peter ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^g ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84873320116     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26051     Document Type: Article

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