“…In epidemiological investigations, it is assumed that in developed countries, people with signs and symptoms of cirrhosis will visit the hospital. Hence, hospital admissions data can be used to estimate the incidence of cirrhosis in developed countries with access to health care [47,48]. A model with a covariate for health care access can then be used to estimate the prevalence of cirrhosis in areas of the world with nonexistent hospital data or low health system access.…”