Economic and clinical burden of viral hepatitis in California: A population-based study with longitudinal analysis.

BACKGROUND:Economic burden of HBV and HCV infection are trending upwards. AIMS:Compare hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) related hospital admission rates, charges, mortality rates, causes of death in a US population-based study. METHODS:Retrospective cohort analysis of HBV and HCV...

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Main Authors: Haesuk Park, Donghak Jeong, Pauline Nguyen, Linda Henry, Joseph Hoang, Yoona Kim, Edward Sheen, Mindie H Nguyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5927421?pdf=render