DDW 2018 - Insurance coverage and mortality in patients with hepatitis C

HCV outcomes worse for patients with public insurance, Medicaid

WASHINGTON — In this exclusive video perspective from Digestive Disease Week 2018, Zobair M. Younossi, MD, chairman of the department of medicine at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia, discusses insurance coverage and mortality in patients with hepatitis C in the U.S.
Video:https://www.healio.com/hepatology/hepatitis-c/news/online/%7B3714098b-f39c-4e99-86d1-e3a7e9bebb5d%7D/hcv-outcomes-worse-for-patients-with-public-insurance-Medicaid

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Medicaid or No Insurance Tied to Higher Death Risk in HCV

WASHINGTON -- Adults with hepatitis C virus (HCV) were more likely to die if they were on Medicaid than other insurance plans, while uninsured HCV-infected …

Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2018

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June 2-5, 2018
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