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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2019 May;35(3):177–182. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000520

Table 1.

Summary of Selected Articles of HCV Screening Rates Published from 2017 to 2018

Reference Population Data sources Study Design Key findings
General Population
Patel et al. [8] Birth cohorts 1945–1965 & 1966–1994 2013–2017 National Health Interview Survey Longitudinal The rates increased from 12.3–17.3% from 2013 to 2017 of the birth cohort 1945–1954, and 13.2–16.8% of the birth cohort 1966–1994, respectively.
Jemal et al. [9] Birth cohort 1945–1965 2013 & 2015 National Health Interview Survey Cross-sectional The rates increased from 12.3% in 2013 to 13.8% in 2015.
Barocas et al. [10] Birth cohorts 1945–1965 & after 1965, commercially insured 2010–2014 MarketScan claims data Quasi-experimental There was a 49.0% increase in screening rates of the birth cohort 1945–1964 after 2012 CDC recommendation.
Isenbour et al. [11] All-ages, commercially insured 2004–2014 MarketScan claims data Longitudinal The rates increased from 1.1–2.5% between 2005 and 2014 of all ages. Younger enrollees had higher rates, and the rates of the birth cohort 1945–1965 increased 91.0% from 1.7–3.3% between 2011 and 2014.
Carlucci et al. [12] Birth cohort 1945–1965 of insured Tennesseans 2013–2015 HCV surveillance and claims data from Tennessee Department of Health. Cross-sectional The rate was 7%.
Schillie et al. [13] Childbearing-age women, pregnant women, and children <5 2011–2016 commercial laboratory data from a single company Cross-sectional The rates increased from 6.1–8.4% among childbearing age women between 2011 and 2016, 5.7–13.4% among pregnant women, and .5-.6% among children, respectively.
Ross et al. [14] Birth cohort 1945–1965 Veterans who used VA health care 2013–2016 VA nationwide claims data longitudinal The rates increased from 65.5% to 73.4% between 2013 and 2016.
Manjelievskaia et al. [15] Birth cohort 1945–1965, Department of Defense beneficiaries A 5% sample of claims from Military Health System Data from 2011 to 2013 Cross-sectional The rates were 1.7% prior to the CDC recommendation and 2.4% afterward.
Underserved Population
Flanigan et al. [16] Birth cohort 1945–1965, New York Medicaid enrollees New York Medicaid claims from 2012–2014 longitudinal The monthly rates increased from .8% in 2012, to .9% in 2013, to 1.3% in 2014.1
Kim et al. [17] Birth cohort 1945–1965 in safety-net clinics 2014–2016 electronic health records data Cross-sectional The rate was 99.7% during the period.
Wong et al. [18] Patients ≥ 18 who underwent outpatient endoscopy at a large urban safety-net hospital 2015–2016 electronic health records data Cross-sectional The rate was 30.9%.
Cornett et al. [19] Birth cohort 1945–1965 during ED visits 2016 claims data from a single hospital Cross-sectional (At least) 20.9% patients were screened during ED visits.2
High-Risk Population
Noska et al. [20] All-age homeless Veterans who used VA health care 2015 VA nationwide claims data Cross-sectional The rates were 78.1% of homeless Veterans and 59.5% of non-homeless Veterans,
Lazar et al. [21] Persons ≥ 18 with HIV infection in a single New York City clinic 2012 commercial laboratory data Cross-sectional The rate was 25.8%.
Chappell et al. [22] Children of HCV-infected mothers 2006–2014 claims data from a single hospital Cross-sectional The rate was .9%.
Watts et al. [23] Children born form HCV-infected mothers in Wisconsin Medicaid 2011–2015 Wisconsin Medicaid claims data Cross-sectional The rate was 34.0%.
Soipe et al. [24] Young adults age18–29 who used non-medical prescription opioids 2015–2016 self-reported HCV screening status from the Rhode Island Young Adults Prescription Drug Study Cross-sectional The rate was 78.6%.
Lambdin et al. [25] Drug users ≥ 18 in Oakland, California 2011–2013 self-reported HCV screening status data Cross-sectional The rate was 32.0%.
Epstein et al. [26] All women with opioid use disorder who delivered live births in a single medical center 2006–2015 registry data Cross-sectional The rates were 85.0% of the women, and 68.0% of the infants.
Akiyama et al. [27] Birth cohort 1945–1965 in New York City jail system 2013–2014 claims data from New York City correctional health providers Cross-sectional The rate was 63.7%.
1

Only monthly rates were reported.

2

The denominator was estimated based the number of patients in that birth cohort during the entire year of 2016.