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Table 1 Transition probabilities employed in the model

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of treatment with peginterferon-alfa-2a versus peginterferon-alfa-2b for patients with chronic hepatitis C under the public payer perspective in Brazil

Health status

Transition Probability (annual)

From

To

Rate

Chronic hepatitis C

Compensated cirrhosis [25, 26]

0.073

Compensated cirrhosis

Decompensated cirrhosis [27, 28]

0.039

 

Hepatocellular carcinoma [25, 29, 30]

0.014

Decompensated cirrhosis

Hepatocellular carcinoma [25, 27, 28]

0.014

 

Liver transplant (1st year) [31]

0.031

 

Death [24, 25, 29]

0.129

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Death [25]

0.427

Liver transplant

Death (1st year) [24, 29, 3234]

0.210

Liver transplant

Death (> 1 year) [24, 2932]

0.057