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. 2019 Mar 29;34(5):945–953. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2019.007

Table 2.

Societal costs of hepatitis B virus-related diseases in 2005 (million KRW, %)

Liver disease Direct costs Indirect costs Total
Chronic hepatitis B 134,528 330,640 465,167 (24)
Cirrhosis 112,284 421,165 433,446 (27.8)
Hepatocellular carcinoma 173,084 690,856 863,940 (44.6)
Liver transplantation 54,746 19,888 74,635 (3.9)
Total costs 474,642 1,462,549 1,937,191 (100)

Values are presented as number (%). Adapted from Yang et al. [42], with permission from Springer Nature.

KRW, Korea won.