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. 2016 May 31;13(5):e1002032. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002032

Table 3. The cost of treatment coverage with sofosbuvir or ledipasvir/sofosbuvir of different proportions of patients with viraemic HCV infection (for point estimates and uncertainty intervals) as a proportion of PPP-adjusted current total pharmaceutical expenditure.

Country Proportion of TPE (UI)
Sofosbuvir Treatment Coverage Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Treatment Coverage
10% 50% 75% 100% 10% 50% 75% 100%
Poland 16.2% (11.1%, 40.6%) 81.1% (55.4%, 203.0%) 121.6% (83.1%, 304.5%) 162.2% (110.9%, 405.9%) 19.1% (13.0%, 45.1%) 95.3% (65.1%, 225.5%) 142.9% (97.7%, 338.3%) 190.5% (130.3%, 451.0%)
New Zealand 15.5% (8.9%, 26.8%) 77.5% (44.5%, 133.8%) 116.3% (66.8%, 200.6%) 155.0% (89.0%, 267.5%) 15.1% (9.3%, 26.1%) 75.6% (46.4%, 130.4%) 113.4% (69.7%, 195.6%) 151.2% (92.9%, 260.8%)
Portugal 13.3% (8.7%, 23.0%) 66.6% (43.6%, 114.9%) 99.9% (65.3%, 172.3%) 133.2% (87.1%, 229.8%) 16.5% (9.9%, 28.5%) 82.6% (49.4%, 142.6%) 124.0% (74.2%, 213.9%) 165.3% (98.9%, 285.2%)
Italy 11.1% (7.5%, 21.4%) 55.6% (37.4%, 107.1%) 83.4% (56.1%, 160.7%) 111.1% (74.8%, 214.3%) 12.3% (8.5%, 25.2%) 61.7% (42.5%, 125.9%) 92.6% (63.7%, 188.8%) 123.5% (84.9%, 251.8%)
Spain 10.0% (5.4%, 16.7%) 50.0% (27.1%, 83.3%) 75.0% (40.7%, 125.0%) 100.0% (54.3%, 166.7%) 11.2% (5.4%, 17.0%) 56.0% (26.9%, 85.2%) 83.9% (40.3%, 127.9%) 111.9% (53.7%, 170.5%)
Greece 9.7% (4.8%, 15.2%) 48.3% (23.9%, 76.2%) 72.4% (35.8%, 114.3%) 96.6% (47.7%, 152.4%) Not available      
Slovakia 7.0% (4.4%, 9.9%) 35.2% (22.0%, 49.5%) 52.8% (33.0%, 74.3%) 70.4% (44.0%, 99.0%) Not available       
Japan 5.2% (2.9%, 9.5%) 26.1% (14.6%, 47.7%) 39.1% (21.9%, 71.6%) 52.1% (29.2%, 95.5%) 6.8% (3.9%, 11.1%) 33.8% (19.5%, 55.5%) 50.7% (29.3%, 83.2%) 67.6% (39.0%, 110.9%)
Switzerland 5.2% (2.9%, 9.0%) 26.0% (14.3%, 44.8%) 39.0% (21.5%, 67.2%) 52.0% (28.6%, 89.6%) 5.6% (2.6%, 6.7%) 28.1% (12.9%, 33.7%) 42.2% (19.4%, 50.6%) 56.3% (25.8%, 67.5%)
United States 5.2% (2.6%, 8.8%) 25.9% (13.2%, 43.9%) 38.8% (19.8%, 65.9%) 51.7% (26.4%, 87.9%) 5.8% (2.9%, 9.7%) 29.1% (14.7%, 48.6%) 43.6% (22.1%, 72.8%) 58.2% (29.4%, 97.1%)
Luxembourg 5.1% (2.6%, 7.9%) 25.5% (13.1%, 39.5%) 38.2% (19.6%, 59.3%) 50.9% (26.1%, 79.1%) 6.4% (3.6%, 10.7%) 32.1% (18.1%, 53.7%) 48.2% (27.1%, 80.6%) 64.3% (36.1%, 107.4%)
Ireland 4.2% (2.5%, 6.2%) 21.2% (12.7%, 31.1%) 31.8% (19.1%, 46.6%) 42.4% (25.4%, 62.2%) Not available       
Denmark 3.9% (2.3%, 6.1%) 19.6% (11.5%, 30.3%) 29.4% (17.3%, 45.4%) 39.2% (23.1%, 60.6%) 5.9% (3.2%, 10.3%) 29.3% (15.8%, 51.3%) 43.9% (23.7%, 76.9%) 58.6% (31.6%, 102.6%)
Belgium 3.1% (1.9%, 5.0%) 15.6% (9.6%, 24.9%) 23.5% (14.3%, 37.3%) 31.3% (19.1%, 49.8%) Not available       
Norway 3.0% (1.8%, 4.1%) 15.2% (8.8%, 20.6%) 22.8% (13.3%, 30.9%) 30.4% (17.7%, 41.2%) 3.4% (2.3%, 5.8%) 16.9% (11.3%, 29.1%) 25.4% (16.9%, 43.7%) 33.8% (22.5%, 58.3%)
Canada 3.0% (1.8%, 3.9%) 14.9% (8.8%, 19.6%) 22.4% (13.2%, 29.4%) 29.9% (17.6%, 39.2%) 3.6% (2.3%, 5.9%) 18.2% (11.4%, 29.3%) 27.3% (17.1%, 43.9%) 36.4% (22.8%, 58.6%)
United Kingdom 3.0% (1.6%, 3.8%) 14.9% (8.1%, 19.2%) 22.3% (12.2%, 28.8%) 29.7% (16.2%, 38.3%) 3.3% (2.0%, 4.3%) 16.6% (9.9%, 21.3%) 24.8% (14.8%, 32.0%) 33.1% (19.7%, 42.7%)
Finland 2.9% (1.6%, 3.5%) 14.4% (8.1%, 17.7%) 21.6% (12.2%, 26.6%) 28.8% (16.2%, 35.5%) 3.4% (2.0%, 4.3%) 16.9% (9.9%, 21.6%) 25.3% (14.8%, 32.4%) 33.8% (19.8%, 43.2%)
Sweden 2.7% (1.4%, 3.4%) 13.5% (6.9%, 17.1%) 20.3% (10.4%, 25.6%) 27.0% (13.8%, 34.2%) 3.2% (1.9%, 4.2%) 15.9% (9.5%, 21.2%) 23.9% (14.2%, 31.9%) 31.9% (19.0%, 42.5%)
Austria 2.1% (1.1%, 3.4%) 10.7% (5.7%, 17.0%) 16.1% (8.5%, 25.5%) 21.4% (11.4%, 34.1%) 2.4% (1.4%, 3.3%) 12.0% (7.1%, 16.5%) 18.0% (10.6%, 24.7%) 24.0% (14.2%, 32.9%)
Germany 2.1% (0.6%, 2.9%) 10.5% (2.9%, 14.7%) 15.8% (4.4%, 22.0%) 21.1% (5.9%, 29.4%) 2.6% (1.5%, 3.8%) 13.1% (7.7%, 19.2%) 19.7% (11.6%, 28.8%) 26.3% (15.5%, 38.3%)
France 1.8% (0.4%, 2.8%) 9.0% (2.0%, 13.9%) 13.4% (3.1%, 20.8%) 17.9% (4.1%, 27.7%) 2.0% (0.8%, 3.3%) 10.0% (3.9%, 16.3%) 15.1% (5.9%, 24.5%) 20.1% (7.9%, 32.6%)
Netherlands 1.0% (0.4%, 1.8%) 5.2% (2.0%, 9.0%) 7.9% (3.0%, 13.6%) 10.5% (4.0%, 18.1%) 1.4% (0.4%, 2.4%) 7.0% (2.2%, 12.1%) 10.5% (3.3%, 18.1%) 14.0% (4.4%, 24.2%)

UIs of treatment coverage are based on the ranges of adult viraemic prevalence published in Gower et al. [1] and restated in Table 2.