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Treating Hepatitis C in Individuals With Previous Incarceration: The Veterans Health Administration, 2012–2019

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: To determine whether the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) hepatitis C (HCV) treatment campaign reached marginalized populations, we compared HCV care by previous incarceration status with Veterans Aging Cohort Study data. Of those with and those without previous incarceration, respectively, 40% and 21% had detectable HCV, 59% and 65% underwent treatment (P = .07); 92% and 94% of those who completed treatment achieved sustained virologic response. The VHA HCV treatment effort was successful and other systems should replicate those efforts. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(2):162–165. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307152 )

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2022.307152

Authors: Laura Hawks, Emily A. Wang, Adeel A. Butt, Stephen Crystal, D. Keith McInnes, Vincent Lo Re, Emily J. Cartwright, Lisa B. Puglisi, Lamia Y. K. Haque, Joseph K. Lim, Amy C. Justice, Kathleen A. McGinnis

Institutions: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Medical College of Wisconsin, Yale University, Weill Cornell Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Hepatitis C virus research

Subfield: Hepatology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Awards: G1040046951, G1044130170, G2358688911, G2700155909, 2/6 COMpAAAS U01: Observation Study, Alcohol Associated Outcomes Among HIV+/- Aging Veterans, G513759803, 1/6 COMpAAAS U24: Coordinating Center, G679121021, Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award

OpenAlex ID: W4310946168

FWCI: 0.255

Cites: 9

Cited by: 2

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