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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C Research News & Studies => Topic started by: Hep Editors on March 07, 2018, 10:23:14 am
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U.S. residents are being hospitalized for hepatitis C virus (HCV)–related causes at an increasing rate, Healio reports.
Researchers published this and other related findings in a Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project statistical brief.
They found that in 2005, 342,400 people were hospitalized due to HCV and 114,700 people were hospitalized for HCV along with hepatitis B virus (HBV), HIV or acute liver disease. These figures rose to 509,700 and 127,200 in 2014, for an increase of 48.9 percent and 10.9 percent, respectively.
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https://www.hepmag.com/article/hepatitis-crelated-hospitalizations-rising