Table 2.

HCV infection clinical care endpoints

Endpoints	Definition
Patient referral rate	Nr. of patient referred to liver specialista/Nr. of patients enrolled in the program
Attendance at referrals rate	Nr. of patients with confirmed hospital visitb/Nr. of patient referred to liver specialist
Treatment proposal rate	Nr. of treatment proposalsc/Nr. of referred patients with confirmed hospital visit
Treatment initiation rate	Nr. of treatment initiationsd/Nr. of treatment proposals
Treatment retention rate	Nr. patients that completed or maintained treatmente/Nr. patients that initiated treatment

Nr number

^aPatient referrals = patients with a previous referral appointment scheduled at a liver specialist

^bPatients with confirmed hospital visit = Patients who referral resulted in a liver specialist appointment

^cTreatment proposal = treatment eligible patients who were proposed for treatment by the liver specialist

^dTreatment initiation = at least one medication intake confirmed by liver specialist

^eTreatment retention = patients that completed or were still on treatment, whichever occurred first