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Table 1 Transition rates between different states of hepatitis C

From: Future complications of chronic hepatitis C in a low-risk area: projections from the hepatitis c study in Northern Norway

Transition rates

From state

To state

Yearly transition rate

Reference

Infection time

Spontaneous remission

0.200

Thomas Clin Liver Dis 2005 [26]

Compensated cirrhosis

Decompensated cirrhosis

0.065

Hutchinson Hepatol 2005 [13]

Decompensated cirrhosis

Liver-related death

0.186

Hutchinson Hepatol 2005 [13]

Cirrhosis

Hepatocellular carcinoma

0.035

Hutchinson Hepatol 2005 [13]

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Death

0.605

Hutchinson Hepatol 2005 [13]

  1. The table shows the estimated rates of transition between different states of development of hepatitis C and its complications, as used in the Markov model
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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