[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis C elimination: challenges with under-diagnosis and under-treatment

NA Terrault - F1000Research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatitis C infection has affected 189 million people globally and more than 4 million in the
US. Owing to remarkable advances in the therapeutic sphere, essentially all infected …

Screening for hepatitis C virus: how universal is universal?

R Jhaveri - Clinical therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In March and April of 2020, public health authorities issued major updates to
screening recommendations for hepatitis C virus infection. With the rise in cases driven by …

The hepatitis C care cascade during the direct-acting antiviral era in a United States commercially insured population

ND Ferrante, CW Newcomb, KA Forde… - Open forum …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Periodic surveillance of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) care cascade is important
for tracking progress toward HCV elimination goals, identifying gaps in care, and prioritizing …

Implementation and preliminary results of an emergency department nontargeted, opt‐out hepatitis C virus screening program

EM Schechter‐Perkins, NS Miller, J Hall… - Academic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Emergency department (ED) visits provide an opportunity for hepatitis C virus
(HCV) screening for patients who otherwise might not be tested. We report on a novel …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of a multifaceted intervention to reduce health disparities in hepatitis C screening: a pre‐post analysis

MK Jain, NE Rich, C Ahn, BJ Turner, JM Sanders… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing in persons born from 1945 to 1965 has had limited adoption
despite guidelines, particularly among racial/ethnic minorities and socioeconomically …

Contact tracing for hepatitis C: The case for novel screening strategies as we strive for viral elimination

C Katzman, P Mateu-Gelabert, SN Kapadia… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Contact tracing has been a key element of the public health response to infectious diseases
for decades. These practices have been powerful in slowing the spread of tuberculosis, HIV …

Medicaid hepatitis C virus treatment policies: impact on testing and treatment in the commercially insured

RL Epstein, J Wang, LF White, SN Kapadia… - American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction A total of 23 state Medicaid programs continue to restrict hepatitis C virus (HCV)
medication access by liver disease or substance-use criteria, creating obstacles to HCV …

Cascade of hepatitis C virus care among patients with substance use disorders

X Jiang, RL Parker, SM Vouri, W Lo-Ciganic… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Hepatitis C virus testing is recommended for people at high risk for infection,
including those with substance use disorders. Little is known about the cascade of hepatitis …

A province-by-province cost-effectiveness analysis and budget impact analysis of one-time birth cohort screening of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Canada

WWL Wong, A Haines, J Wong, A Hamadeh… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Managing chronic hepatitis C is challenging, as the majority of those infected are
asymptomatic. Therefore, to ensure treatments are administered before the onset of severe …

Limited coverage of hepatitis C virus testing in the United States, 2013–2017

EU Patel, SH Mehta, D Boon, TC Quinn… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In the US household population, hepatitis C virus testing coverage marginally increased
between 2013 and 2017 among persons born between 1966 and 1994 (13.2% to 16.8%) …