Cost of treatment
With the cost of treatment ranging between $12,000 to $25,000 per year per patient, the cost of treating HCV can be prohibitive to some correctional systems (see HCV101 for pricing guide). Although the treatment itself is expensive, its cost-effectiveness has been ranked in the same range as stool gualac testing, pneumococcal vaccination, and mammography (see Figure 3). Unfortunately for correctional budget managers, the cost burden falls on corrections, while the money saved by treating inmates benefits society as a whole. With rare exceptions, transplants (i.e., to replace the diseased liver with a disease-free liver) are not routinely performed on incarcerated individuals.

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• HCV Epidemiology
• Inmates at Risk
• Targeted Screening
• Who Should Get Treated?
• Shifting Standards for Treatment of HCV
• Expect Delays
• Length of Treatment
• Expected Outcome
• Liver Biopsy
• HIV/HCV Coinfection
• HIV/HCV Response Therapy
• Cost of Treatment
• Management
• New Guidelines for Corrections
• Conclusion
• References
• Figures 1, 2 & 3
• Box 1 & 2
• Tables 1 & 2

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