Table 2.
Characteristics of adult patients with complete hepatitis C screening data admitted to the hospital at least once between November 1, 2016 and October 31, 2017, Georgia
Characteristics | All patients | Patients ever screeneda | Patients not screened | Chi-square p-value | ||
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n | n | n | ||||
Overall | 291,975 | 252,848 | 39,127 | |||
Gender | ||||||
Female | 170,942 | 148,748 | 22,194 | <.0001 | ||
Male | 121,033 | 104,100 | 16,933 | |||
Age Category (years) | ||||||
18–29 | 64,288 | 56,033 | 8,255 | <.0001 | ||
30–39 | 44,224 | 38,126 | 6,098 | |||
40–49 | 31,017 | 26,438 | 4,579 | |||
50–59 | 39,062 | 33,566 | 5,496 | |||
60–69 | 47,397 | 41,246 | 6,151 | |||
70+ | 65,987 | 57,439 | 8,548 | |||
ICD10 Code (diagnosis, comorbidity, complication)b | ||||||
Liver-Related: Any Viral Hepatitis | 1,293 | 1,141 | 152 | <.0001 | ||
Liver-Related: Non-Hepatitis | 2,025 | 1,487 | 538 | |||
Non-liver related | 288,657 | 250,220 | 38,437 | |||
Length of Hospital Stay (days)c | ||||||
1 | 73,337 | 59,968 | 13,369 | <.0001 | ||
2–5 | 172,442 | 152,880 | 19,562 | |||
6–10 | 31,698 | 27,991 | 3,707 | |||
>10 | 14,497 | 12,008 | 2,489 |
Patients ever screened (in evaluation period) defined as those patients with HCV screened (yes) and a result in the HCV result field (positive/negative). Patients with multiple admissions who met these criteria at least once included in this group.
Liver-related: any hepatitis ICD10 codes included: B15-B17, B18.0-B18.2, B18.8-B18.9, B19.0, B19.9 and K73. Liver-related: non-hepatitis ICD10 codes included: B67.0, B67.5, B67.8, C22, I82.0, K70-K72, K74-K77, R17, R18, R16.0, R16.2, T51, T64, and Z20.5. All other ICD10 codes found in the 066 system were included in the non-liver related category.
One patient had missing data on length of hospital stay.