| ed-based screening programs for hepatitis c (hcv) highlight significant opportunity to identify patients, prevent downstream costs/complications. | new data suggest there is a huge opportunity for eds to identify patients with the hepatitis c virus (hcv) and link them into care before downstream complications lead to higher medical costs and adverse outcomes. early results from a pilot study at the university of alabama medical center in birmingham show that at least 12% of the targeted baby boomer population being screened for hcv in the ed is testing positive for hcv, with confirmatory tests showing that about 9% of the screened populatio ... | 2014 | 24432549 |
| emergency department screening for hepatitis c virus: geographic reach and spatial clustering in central alabama. | hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is a growing problem, disproportionately affecting those born between 1945 and 1965. here, we demonstrate the wide geographic reach and surveillance potential of emergency department-based screening and identify areas of elevated hcv infection in central alabama that were socioeconomically disadvantaged compared with surrounding communities. | 2016 | 26611776 |
| hepatitis c infection is acquired pre-esrd. | hepatitis c is more prevalent in patients with end-stage renal disease (esrd) than in the general population. previously, infection from nosocomial sources was an important cause for this increase. in the past decade, the risk from these sources has lessened, but the estimated percentage of patients with esrd with hepatitis c virus (hcv) antibody (anti-hcv) has not changed. | 2005 | 15806471 |