Table of contents

  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Summary
  • Introduction
    • Background
    • Public health  significance of hepatitis B
    • Economic  literature on hepatitis B
  • Methodology
    • Identification of cost categories
    • Prevalence and incidence approaches
  • Results  
    • Hepatitis B costs (excluding chronic sequelae)
    • Costs of chronic sequelae of hepatitis B
  • Discussion
    • Use of cost-of-illness  studies
    • Limitations of this study
    • Australian and international cost comparisons
    • Australian studies on cost-effectiveness of screening and vaccination for hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis B references
  • General references
  • Appendix A Methodology for estimates of direct costs
  • Appendix B Methodology for estimation of indirect costs
  • Appendix C Supporting tables showing gender and age detail on the disease costs of hepatitis Bin 1989-90 (excluding prevention)
  • Appendix D Department of Veterans' Affairs-Specialist utilisation and costs