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The Impact of Delayed Hepatitis C Viral Load Suppression on Patient Risk: Historical Evidence from the Veterans Administration

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  • Matsuda Tara
  • McCombs Jeffrey S.
  • McGinnis Justin

    (Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, School of Pharmacy, Leonard Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States of America)

  • Tonnu-Mihara Ivy

    (Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System, Pharmacy and Clinical Support Services HCG, 5901 E. Seventh Street, Mail Code 03/119, Long Beach, CA 90822, United States of America)

  • Fox D. Steven

    (Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, Leonard Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States of America)

Abstract

The high cost of new hepatitis C (HCV) treatments has resulted in “watchful waiting” strategies being developed to safely delay treatment, which will in turn delay viral load suppression (VLS).

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  • Matsuda Tara & McCombs Jeffrey S. & McGinnis Justin & Tonnu-Mihara Ivy & Fox D. Steven, 2016. "The Impact of Delayed Hepatitis C Viral Load Suppression on Patient Risk: Historical Evidence from the Veterans Administration," Forum for Health Economics & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 19(2), pages 333-351, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:fhecpo:v:19:y:2016:i:2:p:333-351:n:6
    DOI: 10.1515/fhep-2015-0041
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