Abstract:and Welfare decided to extend coverage for oral hepatitis C drugs to all the patients. It is expected to eradicate the disease by 2025. The objective of this study was to assess the budget impact of introducing direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) coverage for all HCV patients from the perspective of the Taiwan health care payer. Methods: A budget impact model was developed with a five-year time horizon (2019)(2020)(2021)(2022)(2023) to estimate the long-term budget impact on the National Health Insurance after int… Show more
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