Survey 2006 2013 P
  N
164/391		 %
42		 N
130/340		 %
38
Main reason
HCV treatment deemed questionable 72 44  27  24 < 0.001
Absence of liver biopsy 30 18  4  4 < 0.001
Contraindication to HCV treatment 43 26  13  11 < 0.001
Physician conviction of non-compliance with HCV treatment 32 20  8  7 0.003
Patient refusal 34 21  16  14 0.20
Waiting for new HCV drugs - - 23 20 -
Table 4: Main reasons for the non-treatment of HCV infection in HIV-HCV co-infected patients in the 2006 and 2013 surveys.
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