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Table 1 Estimates of prevalence, effectiveness of vaccine & antiviral prophylaxis, and coverage

From: Cost-effectiveness of antiviral prophylaxis during pregnancy for the prevention of perinatal hepatitis B infection in South Korea

 

Base-case value

Range

PSA distribution

PSA parameters

Source

Population and risk of perinatal infection (%)

 Total birth of 2014

435,435

–

–

–

[16]

 Prevalence of HBsAg among pregnant women

2.45

1.7–3.2

Beta

α = 41.61; β = 1656.92

[7]

 Prevalence of HBeAg among HBsAg(+) pregnant women

38.5

29.7–44.3

Beta

α = 64.37; β = 109.6

[10]

 Prevalence of high viral load among HBeAg(+) pregnant women

80

60–100

Uniform

low = 0.6; high = 1

[23]

HBeAg(+) pregnant women

 HepB1 + HBIG within 24 h of birth

6.4

5.5–29

Beta

α = 6.96; β = 33.39

[10, 24,25,26,27,28, 30]

 HepB1 within 24 h of birth

33.8

21–43

Beta

α = 22.7; β = 48.24

[26,27,28]

 No HepB1 within 24 h of birth

87.5

62.6–96.7

Beta

α = 16.97; β = 4.34

[29]

HBeAg(−) pregnant women

 HepB1 + HBIG within 24 h of birth

1.4

0–3

Beta

α = 3.93; β = 257.74

[10, 25, 27, 30, 31]

 HepB1 within 24 h of birth

6.6

0–13.2

Beta

α = 3.67; β = 51.94

[25, 27, 29]

 No HepB1 within 24 h of birth

13.2

2.6–46.2

Beta

α = 3.54; β = 10.98

[29]

 Reduction in perinatal infection with antiviral prophylaxis

50

37–85

Beta

α = 9.47; β = 6.05

[32]

Coverage of interventions (%)

 Antiviral prophylaxis

100

50–100

Beta

α = 8.25; β = 2.75

Assumed

 HepB1 + HBIG within 24 h of birth

99

85–100

Beta

α = 44.71; β = 3.625

[10]

 HepB1 within 24 h of birth

90.7

46.4–92.3

Beta

α = 10.5; β = 4.64

[33]

  1. HBsAg hepatitis B Surface Antigen, HBeAg hepatitis B envelope antigen, HepB1 hepatitis B birth dose, HBIG hepatitis B immune globulin, 24 h 24 hours, PSA probabilistic sensitivity analysis