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Table 7 Costs per hospital admission related to liver transplant in 2008

From: An observational study of the direct costs related to hospital admissions, mortality and premature death associated with liver disease in Portugal

Disease category

Disease subcategory

Costs (€) relating to liver transplant

% of liver transplant costs

Viral hepatitis

All

618,619

4.1

HBV

206,206

1.4

HCV

309,310

2.0

Cirrhosis

All

7,732,741

50.7

Alcoholic cirrhosis

5,876,883

38.5

Non-alcoholic cirrhosis

1,855,858

12.2

HCC

4,330,335

28.5

Othera

2,577,580

16.9

All

15,259,275

100

  1. aIncludes: hepatoptosis; alcoholic liver damage unspecified; autoimmune hepatitis; toxic hepatitis; hepatitis unspecified