Quality of hepatitis C care at an urban tertiary care medical center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More effective treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) creates an opportunity to improve health outcomes.

Objective

To use Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)-defined HCV quality indicators (QI) as a framework to assess the quality of care at an urban safety net hospital.

Design

Retrospective cohort.

Participants

Patients engaged in care (at least two outpatient visits, and minimum six-month follow-up time) between 2005 and 2011. Outcomes measures. 1) HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA); 2) genotyping; 3) treatment; and 4) Hepatitis A and B vaccination. Study time was divided into three periods: 1) 2005-2006, 2) 2007-2008, 3) 2009-2011. Key results. Number who met inclusion criteria: 3,018; 13% were human immunodeficiency virus co-infected. Only 1%

SUBMITTER: Assoumou SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4541792 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature