Qualitative analysis of patient-centered decision attributes associated with initiating hepatitis C treatment

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 3 Decision attributes by patient group

	Group 1-Contemplating treatment	Group 2- Recently declined treatment	Group 3- Recently begun treatment
1	Efficacy/cure rate (92 %)	Physical side effects (78 %)	Efficacy/Cure rate (88 %)
2	Physical side effects (92 %)	Psych/Mental side effects (67 %)	Physical side effects (75 %)
3	New drug coming out (67 %)	Treatment regimen (67 %)	Other illnesses (63 %)
4	Quality of life (67 %)	Efficacy/cure rate (56 %)	Travel to VHA (50 %)
5	Psych/Mental side effects (58 %)	New drug coming out (56 %)	Urgency to treat (50 %)
6	Condition of liver (58 %)	Condition of liver (56 %)

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