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
	n	n	%	n	%
Overall	291,975	252,848	86.6	39,127	13.4
Gender
Female	170,942	148,748	87.0	22,194	13.0	<.0001
Male	121,033	104,100	86.0	16,933	14.0
Age Category (years)
18–29	64,288	56,033	87.2	8,255	12.8	<.0001
30–39	44,224	38,126	86.2	6,098	13.8
40–49	31,017	26,438	85.2	4,579	14.8
50–59	39,062	33,566	85.9	5,496	14.1
60–69	47,397	41,246	87.0	6,151	13.0
70+	65,987	57,439	87.0	8,548	13.0
ICD10 Code (diagnosis, comorbidity, complication)b
Liver-Related: Any Viral Hepatitis	1,293	1,141	88.2	152	11.8	<.0001
Liver-Related: Non-Hepatitis	2,025	1,487	73.4	538	26.6
Non-liver related	288,657	250,220	86.7	38,437	13.3
Length of Hospital Stay (days)c
1	73,337	59,968	81.8	13,369	18.2	<.0001
2–5	172,442	152,880	88.7	19,562	11.3
6–10	31,698	27,991	88.3	3,707	11.7
>10	14,497	12,008	82.8	2,489	17.2

^aPatients 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.

^bLiver-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.

^cOne patient had missing data on length of hospital stay.