Hospitalizations due to hepatitis C in Los Angeles County, 2007-2009: Case characteristics and factors associated with mortality

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 628-637

  Sie, L ^a,b   Gatto, N M ^a   Bancroft, E ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatitis C; hospitalizations; Los Angeles; mortality; OSHPD; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATIONS; LOS ANGELES; MORTALITY; OSHPD; SURVEILLANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881477459     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12086     Document Type: Article

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