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Estimating the Number of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) Infection
Meeting 'Highest' or 'High' Priority Treatment Criteria in the United States
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Reported by Jules Levin
AASLD 2014 Nov 7-11 Boston
Fujie Xu, Andrew J. Leidner, Xin Tong, Scott D. Holmberg. Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control, and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
from Jules: of the approximate 1.35 million diagnosed with HCV this study finds 813,000 patients meet the "highest" or "high" priority criteria for treatment "according to the new treatment guidance (August 2014) ", which many public & private payers are still using apparently despite that the Guidance panel has back off on their criteria since. This means however about 500,000 are denied treatment
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