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Long-term Effectiveness of Population-wide Multifaceted Interventions for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Taiwan
Sih-Han Liao 1 , Chi-Ling Chen 2 , Chen-Yang Hsu 3 , Kuo-Liong Chien 4 , Jia-Horng Kao 5 , Pei-Jer Chen 5 , Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen 3 , Chien-Hung Chen 6
Affiliations
Affiliations
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Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
3
Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch, Yunlin County, Taiwan; College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: [email protected].
PMID: 33689789 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.02.029
Abstract
Background & aims: Taiwan has launched a series of population-wide interventions on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) related to hepatitis B and C virus infection since 1984. It therefore provides a natural opportunity to evaluate whether the reduction of HCC incidence, to a greater extent, and the improvement of case-fatality, to a lesser extent, or vice versa make contribution to the resultant mortality reduction given each intervention program.
Methods: Population-based registry data on HCC mortality and incidence of individuals aged 0 to 84 years between 1979 and 2016 were collected before (period 1) and after intervention with three periods, universal hepatitis B vaccination from 1984 (period 2), universal health care from 1995 (period 3), and viral hepatitis therapy from 2003 (period 4). A Bayesian Poisson regression model for decomposing mortality rate was developed to estimate respective contributions to the reduction of incidence and case-fatality rate by various age groups.
Results: The mortality trends of children, young- and middle-aged groups substantially declined but there was only a slight decrease in the elderly group. The declining trends of mortality were in part explained by incidence reduction and in part by a remarkable decline in case-fatality rate attributed to universal health care. Hepatitis B vaccination led to 35.9% (26.8% to 44.4%) reduction of incidence for aged 30 years or below, whereas antiviral therapy made contribution to the reduction of 14.9% (11.8% to 17.9%) and 15.4% (14.1% to 16.6%) for aged 30-49 years and 50-69 years, respectively.
Conclusions: Vaccination and anti-viral therapy were effective in reducing HCC incidence and mortality for the young and middle-aged groups when the case-fatality was improved due to universal health care for all age groups.
Keywords: Bayesian Poisson regression model; Mortality rate decomposition method; Preventive strategy.
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