National Estimates of Healthcare Utilization by Individuals With Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States
Author(s) -
James Galbraith,
John P. Donnelly,
Ricardo Franco,
Edgar T. Overton,
Joel B. Rodgers,
Henry E. Wang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu427
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , health care , ambulatory care , population , ambulatory , hepatitis c , inpatient care , public health , family medicine , hepatitis c virus , cohort , emergency medicine , pediatrics , gerontology , demography , environmental health , psychiatry , virology , virus , nursing , sociology , economics , economic growth
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem in the United States. Although prior studies have evaluated the HCV-related healthcare burden, these studies examined a single treatment setting and did not account for the growing "baby boomer" population (individuals born during 1945-1965).
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