Table 2

Annual and cumulative chronic HCV treatment coverage among OAT patients in Norway between 2013 and 2017

Source20132014201520162017Total
Chronic HCV treatment, n (overall)NorPD1461672433225971475
DAAs, nNorPD46952122905921235
DAAs, % of HCV325787909984
Study population, n, yearly including deathsNorPD7709791479587804770910 371
DeathsNorPD165151138114124692
Study population, n, yearly, excluding deathsNorPD754477637820769075859679
Prevalence chronic HCV, mean %SERAF5152524643
Prevalence chronic HCV, nSERAF38474037406635373262
Incidence chronic HCV among PWIDs, nNIPH, Mejierick et al 14 396388381374366
Incidence chronic HCV OAT from PWIDs, nExpert opinion277272267262256
Treatment coverage chronic HCV, %3.53.95.68.517
Cumulative frequency chronic HCV3.57.41321.538.5
95% CI treatment coverage chronic HCV3.2 to 4.43.5 to 4.85.3 to 6.78.2 to 10.116.9 to 19.6
  • DAA, direct-acting antivirals; ; HCV, hepatitis C virus; NIPH, Norwegian Institute for Public Health; NorPD, Norwegian Prescription Database; OAT, opioid agonist therapy; ;PWID, people who inject drugs; SERAF, The Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research.