在美国的医疗补助计划中,C型肝炎患者开始接受治疗
Shashi N Kapadia1,2, Hao Zhang2, Christopher J Gonzalez3
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
JAMA network open
|August 4, 2023
概括
使用直接作用抗病毒药物 (DAA) 治疗C型肝炎病毒 (HCV) 缺乏使用,在医疗补助受益者之间观察到的启动情况存在显著差异. 干预措施对于改善关键人群平等获得HCV治疗至关重要.
科学领域:
- 肝病学和传染病的研究
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 直接作用抗病毒 (DAA) 疗法为C型肝炎病毒 (HCV) 感染提供了高度有效的治疗方法.
- 尽管DAA治疗效率很高,但仍未得到充分利用,因此需要了解治疗差异.
- 公平获得DAA治疗对于实现HCV消除目标至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查在新的HCV诊断后六个月内开始DAA治疗的变化.
- 确定与医疗补助受益者中DAA治疗吸收相关的人口统计和并发症因素.
主要方法:
- 使用2017-2019年国家医疗补助申请数据进行的回顾性队列研究.
- 纳入标准:年龄在18-64岁之间的个体,在2018年有新的HCV诊断,通过HCVRNA测试和ICD-10代码定义.
- 后勤回归分析以评估与DAA处方相关的因素,在诊断后六个月内进行.
主要成果:
- 在87652名患者中,只有20%的人在HCV诊断后六个月内接受了DAA.
- 男性的性别与治疗开始的增加有关 (OR,1.24).
- 年龄较小 (18-29岁),注射药物使用,亚洲种族,美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民种族和西班牙裔种族与治疗开始减少有关.
结论:
- 在医疗补助受益者中,HCV治疗启动率较低,人口和种族/种族差异显著.
- 迫切需要采取干预措施,以提高这一群体的HCV治疗率.
- 解决差距对于弱势群体至关重要,包括年轻人,女性,种族/少数民族以及注射毒品的人.
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