HCV Health Policy Developments in Response to the National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan: A Brief Update. Issue 2 (17th February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Guo, Yuqi; Sims, Omar T.
• Is Part Of: Social work in public health. Volume 32:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 77
• Page End: 81
• Publication Date: 2017-02-17
• Subjects: Hepatitis C -- health policy -- testing; Social medicine -- Periodicals; Medical policy -- Periodicals; 362.1
• DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2016.1188745
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1937-1918

Abstract

Abstract : Hepatitis C virus (HCV) kills 366, 000 people worldwide and 17, 000 people in the United States each year. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a national viral hepatitis action plan to control and combat HCV in the United States. This article provides a brief update of HCV health policy developments that have emerged since publication of HHS's national viral hepatitis action plan and concludes with a discussion of the public health impact of these recent HCV health policy developments.