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Treating Hepatitis C in Individuals With Previous Incarceration: The Veterans Health Administration, 2012-2019
Am J Public Health. 2022 Dec 8;e1-e4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307152. Online ahead of print.
1Laura Hawks is with the Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Emily A. Wang and Lisa B. Puglisi are with the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Adeel A. Butt is with the Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. Stephen Crystal is with the Center for Health Services Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. D. Keith McInnes is with the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Vincent Lo Re III is with the Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Emily J. Cartwright is with the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. Lamia Y. K. Haque and Joseph K. Lim are with the Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Amy C. Justice and Kathleen A. McGinnis are with the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven.
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. Published online ahead of print December 8, 2022:e1-e4. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307152).