Abstract

Among 25 291 and 4 921 830 people with and without hepatitis C, life expectancy at age 20 increased 1.8 years and 0.3 years from the interferon to interferon-free era, respectively. Increases were highest for racial and/or ethnic minority groups with hepatitis C.

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Title
Life Expectancy of Insured People With and Without Hepatitis C Virus Infection, 2007–2017
Author
Marcus, Julia L 1 ; Hurley, Leo B 2 ; Chamberland, Scott 3 ; Champsi, Jamila H 4 ; Korn, Daniel G 5 ; Lai, Jennifer B 6 ; Lam, Jennifer O 2 ; Quesenberry, Charles P, Jr 2 ; Ready, Joanna 7 ; Saxena, Varun 4 ; Seo, Suk I 8 ; Witt, David J 6 ; Silverberg, Michael J 2 

 Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, California, USA; Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
 Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, California, USA 
 Kaiser Permanente Northern California Regional Pharmacy, Oakland, California, USA 
 Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center, South San Francisco, California, USA 
 Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, California, USA 
 Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center, San Rafael, California, USA 
 Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, Santa Clara, California, USA 
 Kaiser Permanente Antioch Medical Center, Antioch, California; Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center, Walnut Creek, California, USA 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Feb 2020
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
23288957
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3171079960
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.