Table 1.
Screened HCV Antibody Positive | Received Confirmatory Testing | HCV Viral RNA Positive | Referred to Specialist | Received Specialist Evaluation | Prescribed Treatment | ||||||
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Characteristicc | No. | No. | % | No. | %a | No. | %b | No. | %b | No. | %b |
Total | 2450 | 2016 | 82.3 | 1081 | 53.6 | 915 | 84.6 | 540 | 50.0 | 299 | 27.7 |
Race & ethnicity | |||||||||||
Hispanic | 690 | 594 | 86.1 | 249 | 41.9 | 213 | 85.5 | 141 | 56.6 | 79 | 31.7 |
NH black | 1021 | 829 | 81.2 | 502 | 60.6 | 424 | 84.5 | 250 | 49.8 | 139 | 27.7 |
NH white | 602 | 492 | 81.7 | 296 | 60.2 | 248 | 83.8 | 130 | 43.9 | 73 | 24.7 |
Other | 137 | 101 | 73.7 | 34 | 33.7 | 30 | 88.2 | 19 | 55.9 | 8 | 23.5 |
Gender | |||||||||||
Male | 1495 | 1214 | 81.2 | 746 | 61.4 | 619 | 83.0 | 350 | 46.9 | 202 | 27.1 |
Female | 954 | 802 | 84.1 | 335 | 41.8 | 296 | 88.4 | 190 | 56.7 | 97 | 29.0 |
Birth cohort | |||||||||||
1945–1965 | 1642 | 1347 | 82.0 | 769 | 57.1 | 659 | 85.7 | 391 | 50.8 | 212 | 27.6 |
Other | 808 | 669 | 82.8 | 312 | 46.6 | 256 | 82.1 | 149 | 47.8 | 87 | 27.9 |
Homelessness | |||||||||||
Homeless | 155 | 135 | 87.1 | 83 | 61.5 | 76 | 91.6 | 40 | 48.2 | 29 | 34.9 |
Not homeless | 2295 | 1881 | 82.0 | 998 | 53.1 | 839 | 84.1 | 500 | 50.1 | 270 | 27.1 |
History of substance use | |||||||||||
Yes | 820 | 676 | 82.4 | 441 | 65.2 | 365 | 82.8 | 195 | 44.2 | 104 | 23.6 |
No | 1400 | 1141 | 81.5 | 545 | 47.8 | 472 | 86.6 | 294 | 53.9 | 170 | 31.2 |
Sexual activity | |||||||||||
Risk activity | 23 | 20 | 87.0 | 15 | 75.0 | 13 | 86.7 | 9 | 60.0 | 4 | 26.7 |
No risk activity | 2197 | 1797 | 81.8 | 971 | 54.0 | 824 | 84.9 | 480 | 49.4 | 270 | 27.8 |
Alcohol | |||||||||||
Alcohol use | 513 | 427 | 83.2 | 273 | 63.9 | 235 | 86.1 | 138 | 50.5 | 73 | 26.7 |
No alcohol use | 1707 | 1390 | 81.4 | 713 | 51.3 | 602 | 84.4 | 351 | 49.2 | 201 | 28.2 |
Abbreviations: EMR, electronic medical record; HCV, hepatitis C virus; NH, non-Hispanic.
aPercentage of all individuals receiving quantitative RNA testing.
bPercentage of all individuals testing positive for HCV RNA.
cInformation on some risk factors was not recorded in EMRs for some patients.