Turkey No Ukraine No United Kingdom Yes; 12 weeks Topic 5: Restrictions on access to direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of HCV infection This survey question asked, “In practice, what restrictions are there on access to direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of HCV infection in your country?” Survey respondents (N=23) were asked to check all appropriate answers from a list of options, as indicated in the table below. Injecting Injecting drug use: Injecting Quotas: drug use: people drug use: only a people who people limited Fibrosis who injected who number of Alcohol Injecting level: only injected drugs in currently patients use: drug use: patients drugs in the past inject can be people people above a the past are only drugs or treated who who are certain are not treated if injected within a currently currently fibrosis treated, they have drugs in certain drink injecting level are even if abstained the past time alcohol are drugs are eligible for they are from are only period or a not treated not treated treatment not injecting treated if certain currently drugs for a they are geographic injecting specified receiving area drugs period of OST time Austria X Belgium X Bosnia and X Herzegovina Bulgaria X X X X X Croatia X X X X X Egypt Finland X X X X Germany X X X Greece X Hungary X X X Israel X X Italy X Macedonia X X Netherlands Romania X X X Serbia Slovakia X X X X X Slovenia Spain X X X X X Sweden X X X X
Turkey No Ukraine No United Kingdom Yes; 12 weeks Topic 5: Restrictions on access to direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of HCV infection This survey question asked, “In practice, what restrictions are there on access to direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of HCV infection in your country?” Survey respondents (N=23) were asked to check all appropriate answers from a list of options, as indicated in the table below. Fibrosis level: only patients above a certain fibrosis level are eligible for treatment Quotas: only a limited number of patients can be treated within a certain time period or a certain geographic area Alcohol use: people who currently drink alcohol are not treated Injecting drug use: people who injected drugs in the past are not treated, even if they are not currently injecting drugs Injecting drug use: people who are currently injecting drugs are not treated Injecting drug use: people who injected drugs in the past are only treated if they have abstained from injecting drugs for a specified period of time Injecting drug use: people who currently inject drugs or injected drugs in the past are only treated if they are receiving OST Austria X Belgium X Bosnia and Herzegovina X Bulgaria X X X X X Croatia X X X X X Egypt Finland X X X X Germany X X X Greece X Hungary X X X Israel X X Italy X Macedonia X X Netherlands Romania X X X Serbia Slovakia X X X X X Slovenia Spain X X X X X Sweden X X X X