Historical trends and projected hospital admissions for chronic hepatitis C infection in Canada: a birth cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much of the recent increase in hospital admission rates and mortality associated with hepatitis C in Canada is believed to be because of a higher prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among those born between 1945 and 1965 (the baby boomer generation). We explored the effects of birth cohort on the rates of and projected trends in hospital admissions associated with hepatitis C.

Methods

The hospital records of 17 344 inpatients with a diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C and liver disease, including liver cancer, were extracted from the Canadian Discharge Abstract Database for April 2004 to March 2011. For each 5-year birth cohort from 1915 to 1984, regression analysis was used to estimate the temporal trends associated with the average age of the cohort during th

SUBMITTER: Schanzer DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4183164 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature