Caroline Schmidbauer:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-7483
Role: Formal analysisRole: ResourcesRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole:
Writing – review & editing
Michael Schwarz:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2587-1385
Role: Formal analysisRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing –
review & editing
Angelika Schütz: Role: Data curationRole: Investigation
Raphael Schubert: Role: Data curationRole: Investigation
Cornelia Schwanke: Role: Data curationRole: Investigation
Enisa Gutic: Role: Data curationRole: Investigation
Roxana Pirker: Role: Data curationRole: Investigation
Tobias Lang: Role: Formal analysis
Thomas Reiberger:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4590-3583
Role: Formal analysisRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Hans Haltmayer: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: Resources
Michael Gschwantler: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole:
Writing – review & editing
Giordano Madeddu: Role: Editor
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ISSN
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Publication date
(Electronic):
4
June
2021
Publication date Collection: 2021
Volume: 16
Issue: 6
Electronic Location Identifier: e0252274
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Internal Medicine IV, Klinik Ottakring, Vienna, Austria
[2
]
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III,
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
[3
]
Vienna HIV & Liver Study Group, Vienna, Austria
[4
]
Ambulatorium Suchthilfe Wien, Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH, Vienna, Austria
[5
]
Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria
University of Sassari, ITALY
Author notes
Competing Interests: C. Schmidbauer (
schmidbauer.c@
123456gmail.com
): received travel support from Gilead, Abbvie and Gebro; and speaking honoraria from
Abbvie. M. Schwarz (
michael.schwarz@
123456wienkav.at
): received travel support from MSD, Sandoz, BMS and Abbvie; and speaking honoraria
from BMS. A. Schütz (
angelika.schuetz@
123456suchthilfe.at
): is employed by Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH and has no conflicts of interest. R. Schubert
(
raphael.schubert@
123456outlook.at
): is employed by Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH and received travel support from Gilead. C.
Schwanke (
cornelia.schwanke@
123456suchthilfe.at
): is employed by Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH and has no conflicts of interest. E. Gutic
(
enisa.gutic@
123456extern.wienkav.at
): received travel support from Gilead and Abbvie. R. Pirker (
roxana.pirker@
123456aon.at
): no conflicts of interest. T. Lang (
tobiaslang1904@
123456gmail.com
): no conflicts of interest. T. Reiberger (
thomas.reiberger@
123456meduniwien.ac.at
): received grant support from Abbvie, Boehringer- Ingelheim, Gilead, MSD, Philips
Healthcare, Gore; speaking honoraria from Abbvie, Gilead, Gore, Intercept, Roche,
MSD; consulting/advisory board fees from Abbvie, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Gilead,
Intercept, MSD, Siemens; and travel support from Boehringer-Ingelheim, Gilead and
Roche. H. Haltmayer (
hans.haltmayer@
123456suchthilfe.at
): is employed by Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH and has no conflicts of interest. M. Gschwantler
(
michael.gschwantler@
123456wienkav.at
): received grants from Abbvie, Gilead, MSD; speaking honoraria from Abbvie, Gilead,
MSD, Janssen, Roche, Intercept; consulting/advisory board fees from Abbvie, Gilead,
MSD, Janssen, Roche, Intercept. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies
on sharing data and materials.
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There was no specific funding for this study. However, the following authors are employed
by Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH: • Raphael Schubert • Angelika Schütz • Cornelia Schwanke
• Hans Haltmayer. Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH represents a governmental non-profit organization
financed by the City of Vienna and the Austrian Ministry of Health. Suchthilfe Wien
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to publish, or preparation of the manuscript and only provided financial support in
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in the ‘author contributions’ section.
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