Hepatitis C Virus Screening: An Important Public Health Opportunity for United States Emergency Departments

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 129-130

  Galbraith, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; BABY BOOMER; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES; VIRAL CLEARANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84960323852     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.08.002     Document Type: Editorial

References (20)

1. D.A.E. White, E.S. Anderson, S.K. Pfeil, and et al. Results of a rapid hepatitis C virus screening and diagnostic testing program in an urban emergency department Ann Emerg Med 67 2016 119 128
2. R.C. Merchant, J.R. Baird, T. Liu, and et al. HCV among the Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital adult ED patients R I Med J (2013) 97 2014 35 39
3. J.W. Galbraith, R.A. Franco, J.P. Donnelly, and et al. Unrecognized chronic hepatitis C virus infection among baby boomers in the emergency department Hepatology 61 2015 776 782
4. M.R. Hall, D. Ray, and J.A. Payne Public health in emergency medicine J Emerg Med 38 2010 401 405
5. J.C. Brillman, C.S. Crandall, C.S. Florence, and et al. Prevalence and risk factors associated with hepatitis C in ED patients Am J Emerg Med 20 2002 476 480
6. G.D. Kelen, G.B. Green, R.H. Purcell, and et al. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C in emergency department patients N Engl J Med 326 1992 1399 1404
7. K.N. Ly, J. Xing, R.M. Klevens, and et al. The increasing burden of mortality from viral hepatitis in the United States between 1999 and 2007 Ann Intern Med 156 2012 271 278
8. D.L. Thomas, and L.B. Seeff Natural history of hepatitis C Clin Liver Dis 9 2005 383-398-vi
9. N.H. Afdhal, S. Zeuzem, R.T. Schooley, and et al. The new paradigm of hepatitis C therapy: integration of oral therapies into best practices J Viral Hepat 20 2013 745 760
10. J.W. Ward, R.O. Valdiserri, and H.K. Koh Hepatitis C virus prevention, care, and treatment: from policy to practice Clin Infect Dis 55 suppl 1 2012 S58 S63
11. M.M. Denniston, R.M. Klevens, G.M. McQuillan, and et al. Awareness of infection, knowledge of hepatitis C, and medical follow-up among individuals testing positive for hepatitis C: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2008 Hepatology 55 2012 1652 1661
12. J.E. Zibbell, K. Iqbal, R.C. Patel, and et al. Increases in hepatitis C virus infection related to injection drug use among persons aged ≤30 years - Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, 2006-2012 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 64 2015 454 458
13. C.M. Jones, J. Logan, R.M. Gladden, and et al. Vital signs: demographic and substance use trends among heroin users - United States, 2002-2013 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 64 2015 719 725
14. R. Valdiserri, J. Khalsa, C. Dan, and et al. Confronting the emerging epidemic of HCV infection among young injection drug users Am J Public Health 104 2014 816 821
15. G.L. Davis, M.J. Alter, H. El-Serag, and et al. Aging of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected persons in the United States: a multiple cohort model of HCV prevalence and disease progression Gastroenterology 138 2010 513 521
16. J.I. Tsui, J. Maselli, and R. Gonzales Sociodemographic trends in national ambulatory care visits for hepatitis C virus infection Dig Dis Sci 54 2009 2694 2698
17. J.W. Galbraith, J.P. Donnelly, R.A. Franco, and et al. National estimates of healthcare utilization by individuals with hepatitis C virus infection in the United States Clin Infect Dis 59 2014 755 764
18. N. Tang, J. Stein, R.Y. Hsia, and et al. Trends and characteristics of US emergency department visits, 1997-2007 JAMA 304 2010 664 670
19. National Center for Health Statistics. Emergency department visitors and visits: who used the emergency room in 2007? 2010. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db38.pdf. Accessed May 1, 2015.
20. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Proposed decision memo for screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in adults (CAG-00436N). 2014:1-30. Available at: http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=272. Accessed July 20, 2015.