Controlling HCV in Switzerland: running against the clock

Andreas Cerny; Raoul Blindenbacher; Alberto Moriggia

doi:10.4414/smw.2019.20005

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Vol. 149 No. 1112 (2019)

Controlling HCV in Switzerland: running against the clock

Andreas Cerny
Raoul Blindenbacher
Alberto Moriggia

Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2019;149:w20005
Published: 24.03.2019

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Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. [Situation Analysis of Hepatitis B and C in Switzerland.] Bern: Federal Office of Public Health; 2017.
Blach S, Schaetti C, Bruggmann P, Negro F, Razavi H. Cost-effectiveness analysis of strategies to manage the disease burden of hepatitis C virus in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2019;149:w20026. doi:https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2019.20026
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Elrod JK, Fortenberry JL, Jr. The hub-and-spoke organization design: an avenue for serving patients well. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017;17(S1, Suppl 1):457. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2341-x
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[1] Swiss Hepatitis Strategy 2014-2030. Time to Act Now! Process Paper - A Living Document. http://www.hepatitisschweiz.ch/files/Dokumente/Process_Paper_2nd_version_final.pdf. 2015 (Retrieved 23.11.2018).

[2] Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. [Situation Analysis of Hepatitis B and C in Switzerland.] Bern: Federal Office of Public Health; 2017.

[3] Blach S, Schaetti C, Bruggmann P, Negro F, Razavi H. Cost-effectiveness analysis of strategies to manage the disease burden of hepatitis C virus in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2019;149:w20026. doi:https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2019.20026

[4] World Health Organisation. Combating Hepatitis B and C to reach elimination by 2030, Advocacy brief. Geneva: WHO; 2016. Available at: https://www.who.int/hepatitis/publications/hep-elimination-by-2030-brief/en/

[5] Faissol DM, Griffin PM, Swann JL. Bias in Markov models of disease. Math Biosci. 2009;220(2):143–56. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2009.05.005

[6] Rusch U, Robbins S, Razavi H, Vernazza P, Blach S, Bruggmann P, et al. Microelimination of chronic hepatitis C in Switzerland: modelling the Swiss Hepatitis Strategy goals in eastern, western and northern regions. Swiss Med Wkly. 2019;149:w14694. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2019.14694

[7] Elrod JK, Fortenberry JL, Jr. The hub-and-spoke organization design: an avenue for serving patients well. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017;17(S1, Suppl 1):457. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2341-x

[8] Blindenbacher R, Bidjan N. The Black Box of Governmental Learning. The Learning Spiral – A Concept to Organize Learning in Governments. Washington DC: World Bank; 2010. ISBN 978-0-8213-8453-4 — ISBN 978-0-8213-8474-9.