Table 1.

Characteristics of participants interviewed for the study

Transcript	Gender	Year of diagnosis	Previous Interferon-based treatment	DAA Treatment location
1	Female	2005	No	Hospital
2	Female	2001	No	Community
3	Female	2007	No	Community
4	Male	2007	No	Community
5	Female	1997	No	Hospital
6	Male	2003	No	Community
7	Male	1997	Yes	Hospital
8	Male	2002	Yes	Hospital
9	Female	2015	No	Hospital
10	Male	2002	No	Hospital
11	Female	2010	Yes	Hospital
12	Male	1997	No	Hospital
13	Male	2013	No	Hospital
14	Female	2001	Yes	Community
15	Female	2005	No	Hospital
16	Male	2010	No	Community
17	Female	2000	Yes	Hospital
18	Female	1990	Yes	Hospital
19	Female	2012	No	Community
20	Male	1990	Yes	Community