The economic burden of advanced liver disease among patients with Hepatitis C Virus: A large state Medicaid perspective

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Menzin, Joseph ^a   White, Leigh Ann ^a   Nichols, Christine ^a   Deniz, Baris ^b  

^a Boston Health Economics Inc   (United States)

^b VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative claims databases; Cost; Decompensated cirrhosis; HCV; Hepatitis C; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Payers

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870913389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-459     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. The global burden of hepatitis C. Lavanchy D, Liver Int 2009 29 Suppl 1 74 81 19207969
2. McQuillan GM, Kruszon-Moran D, Denniston M, Hirsch R, Viral Hepatitis National Center for Health Statistics, 2010 2010 Available at: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db27.pdf. Accessed February 10, 11 A.D
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hepatitis C Information for Health Professionals Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2010 Available at: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HCV/StatisticsHCV.htm#section1. Accessed February 25, 2011
4. Burden of illness of hepatitis C from a managed care organization perspective. Armstrong EP, Charland SL, Curr Med Res Opin 2004 20 5 671 679 10.1185/030079904125003485 15140332 (Pubitemid 38685011)
5. Direct economic burden of chronic hepatitis C virus in a United States managed care population. Davis KL, Mitra D, Medjedovic J, Beam C, Rustgi V, J Clin Gastroenterol 2011 45 2 17 e24 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181e12c09 20628308
6. Cost burden of illness for hepatitis C patients with employer-sponsored health insurance. Poret AW, Ozminkowski RJ, Goetzel R, Pew JE, Balent J, Dis Manag 2002 5 2 95 107 10.1089/109350702320229195 (Pubitemid 34787071)
7. Health care, treatment patterns and cost of services for patients infected with chronic hepatitis C virus in a large insured New England population. Rosenberg DM, Cook SF, Lanza LL, J Viral Hepat 2000 7 5 361 367 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2000.00232.x 10971824
8. Projecting future complications of chronic hepatitis C in the United States. Davis GL, Albright JE, Cook SF, Rosenberg DM, Liver Transpl 2003 9 4 331 338 10.1053/jlts.2003.50073 12682882 (Pubitemid 36443043)
9. Aging of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected persons in the United States: a multiple cohort model of HCV prevalence and disease progression. Davis GL, Alter MJ, El-Serag H, Poynard T, Jennings LW, Gastroenterol 2010 138 2 513 521 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.09.067
10. Chronic hepatitis C: an age wave of disease burden. McHutchison JG, Bacon BR, Am J Manag Care 2005 11 10 Suppl 286 S295 16232012 (Pubitemid 41552219)
11. United States Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage inthe United States: 2010 US Census 2011 Available at: URL: http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf. Accessed October 17, 2012
12. Estimating future hepatitis C morbidity, mortality, and costs in the United States. Wong JB, McQuillan GM, McHutchison JG, Poynard T, Am J Public Health 2000 90 10 1562 1569 11029989
13. Economic burden of hepatitis C-associated diseases in the United States. El Khoury AC, Klimack WK, Wallace C, Razavi H, J Viral Hepat 2012 19 3 153 160 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2011.01563.x 22329369
14. Institute of Medicine, Hepatitis and Liver Cancer A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C IOM 2010 January; Available at: URL: http://www.iom.edu/∼/media/Files/Report%20Files/2010/Hepatitis-and- Liver-Cancer-A-National-Strategy-for-Prevention-and-Control-of-Hepatitis-B-and- C/Hepatitis%20and%20Liver%20Cancer%202010%20%20Report%20Brief.pdf. Accessed October 30, 2012
15. Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Florida Medicaid AHCA 2010 Available at: URL: http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/medicaid/. Accessed November 29, 2010
16. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 U S Census Bureau 2010 Available at: URL: http://www.census.gov/popest/states/ NST-ann-est.html. Accessed February 10, 11 A.D
17. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, MacKenzie CR, J Chronic Dis 1987 40 5 373 83 10.1016/0021-9681(87)90171-8 3558716 (Pubitemid 17055592)
18. Adapting a clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CM administrative databases. Deyo RA, Cherkin DC, Ciol MA, J Clinical Epidemiology 1992 45 6 613 619 10.1016/0895-4356(92)90133-8
19. Adapting a clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CD administrative data: differing perspectives. Romano PS, Roos LL, Jollis JG, J Clin Epidemiol 1993 46 10 1075 79 10.1016/0895-4356(93)90103-8 8410092 (Pubitemid 23302074)
20. All-cause and incremental per patient per year cost associated with chronic hepatitis C virus and associated liver complications in the United States: a managed care perspective. McAdam-Marx C, McGarry LJ, Hane CA, Biskupiak J, Deniz B, Brixner DI, J Manag Care Pharm 2011 17 7 531 546 21870894
21. Natural history and prognostic indicators of survival in cirrhosis: a systematic review of 118 studies. D'Amico G, Garcia-Tsao G, Pagliaro L, J Hepatol 2006 44 1 217 231 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.10.013 16298014 (Pubitemid 41772537)
22. A review of uses of health care utilization databases for epidemiologic research on therapeutics. Schneeweiss S, Avorn J, J Clin Epidemiol 2005 53 327 337
23. Holahan J, Miller DM, Rousseau D, Dual Eligibles: Medicaid Enrollment and Spending for Medicare Beneficiaries in 2005 Kaiser Family Foundation 2009 Available at: URL: http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7846.pdf. Accessed March 28, 201