Medicaid Policy and Hepatitis C Treatment Among Rural People Who Use Drugs
We identified significant unadjusted associations between Medicaid restrictions and receipt of HCV treatment and cure, which has substantial implications for health outcomes among rural PWUD. Lifting remaining Medicaid restrictions will be critical to achieving HCV elimination.
Authors
- Jennifer R. Havens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1753-7280)
- Thomas J. Stopka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2314-8924)
- Megan C. Herink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6402-0260)
- Daniel Brook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4772-2986)
- Joseph A. Delaney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1771-1776)
- Judith Feinberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4206-7214)
- David de Gijsel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7987-7168)
- Ruth Koepke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2524-5042)
- Donna M. Evon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-1846)
- Peter D. Friedmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3585-3604)
- William A. Zule (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6781-1030)
- Ryan P. Westergaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5701-4516)
- April M. Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3969-3249)
- Lynn E. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0472-8125)
- Bridget M. Whitney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3738-5704)
- Mai T. Pho
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- West Virginia University (US)
- Tufts University (US)
- Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (US)
- Oregon State University (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- University of Rhode Island (US)
- RTI International (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Baystate Health (US)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Care
- Published
- 2024-11-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000002095
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.37