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

Table 6 Direct costs incurred during hospital admissions for liver diseases in 2008

Disease category	Disease subcategory	Direct costs (€)	% of direct costs
Viral hepatitis	All	2,647,742	4.2
	HBV	820,639	1.3
	HCV	1,515,620	2.4
Cirrhosis	All	32,138,385	51.1
	Alcoholic cirrhosis	26,818,930	42.6
	Non-alcoholic cirrhosis	5,319,455	8.5
HCC		9,737,184	15.5
Other^a		18,427,319	29.3
All		62,950,631	100

^aIncludes: hepatoptosis; alcoholic liver damage unspecified; autoimmune hepatitis; toxic hepatitis; hepatitis unspecified

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