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  1. Liang X, Justice AC, Marconi VC, Aouizerat BE, Xu K. Co-occurrence of injection drug use and hepatitis C increases epigenetic age acceleration that contributes to all-cause mortality among people living with HIV. Epigenetics. 2023 Dec 1; 18(1):2212235.
  2. Mohtashemi NZ, Teng CY, Benhammou J, Dong T, Goetz MB, Patel A, Kawamoto J, Bhattacharya D. Evaluation of and implications for a novel hepatitis C e-consult direct-to-treatment pilot program. Scientific reports. 2023 Oct 11; 13(1):17241.
  3. Cartwright EJ, Pierret C, Minassian C, Esserman DA, Tate JP, Goetz MB, Bhattacharya D, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Lo Re V, Rentsch CT. Alcohol Use and Sustained Virologic Response to Hepatitis C Virus Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy. JAMA Network Open. 2023 Sep 5; 6(9):e2335715.
  4. Chhatwal J, Hajjar A, Mueller PP, Nemutlu G, Kulkarni N, Peters MLB, Kanwal F. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence Threshold for Surveillance in Virologically Cured Hepatitis C Individuals. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2023 Jun 9; s1542-3565.
  5. Ahrens K, Sharbaugh M, Jarlenski MP, Tang L, Allen L, Austin AE, Barnes AJ, Burns ME, Clark S, Zivin K, Mack A, Liu G, Mohamoud S, McDuffie MJ, Hammerslag L, Gordon AJ, Donohue JM, Writing Committee for Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network. Prevalence of Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus Among Medicaid Enrollees Treated With Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in 11 States, 2016-2019. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2023 May 24; 76(10):1793-1801.
  6. Yakovchenko V, Jacob DA, Rogal SS, Morgan TR, Rozenberg-Ben-Dror K. User experience of a hepatitis c population management dashboard in the Department of Veterans Affairs. PLoS ONE. 2023 May 2; 18(5):e0285044.
  7. Jacob JS, Shaikh A, Goli K, Rich NE, Benhammou JN, Ahmed A, Kim D, Rana A, Goss JA, Naggie S, Lee TH, Kanwal F, Cholankeril G. Improved Survival After Liver Transplantation for Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and HIV/Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection in the Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor and Direct-Acting Antiviral Eras. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2023 Feb 18; 76(4):592-599.
  8. Hill DD, Kramer JR, Chaffin KR, Mast TC, Robertson MN, Kanwal F, Haber BA. Effectiveness of elbasvir/grazoprevir plus ribavirin for hepatitis C virus genotype 1a infection and baseline NS5A resistance. Annals of hepatology. 2023 Jan 8; 28(2):100899.
  9. Haque LY, Fiellin DA, Tate JP, Esserman D, Bhattacharya D, Butt AA, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Gordon AJ, Lim JK, Tetrault JM, Williams EC, Bryant K, Cartwright EJ, Rentsch CT, Justice AC, Lo Re V, McGinnis KA. Association Between Alcohol Use Disorder and Receipt of Direct-Acting Antiviral Hepatitis C Virus Treatment. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Dec 1; 5(12):e2246604.
  10. Barry MP, Austin EJ, Bhatraju EP, Glick SN, Stekler JD, Tung EL, Hansen RN, Williams EC, Gojic AJ, Pickering EI, Tsui JI. Qualitative inquiry into perceptions of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among people who inject drugs living with hepatitis C in Seattle, WA, USA. Harm reduction journal. 2022 Nov 1; 19(1):121.
  11. Kramer JR, Cao Y, Li L, Smith D, Chhatwal J, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Longitudinal Associations of Risk Factors and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Cured Hepatitis C Virus Infection. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2022 Nov 1; 117(11):1834-1844.
  12. Conti J, Dryden E, Fincke BG, Dunlap S, McInnes DK. Innovative Approaches to Engaging Homeless and Marginally Housed Patients in Care: a Case Study of Hepatitis C. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Jan 1; 38(1):156-164.
  13. Clements KM, Kunte PS, Clark MA, Gurewich D, Greenwood BC, Sefton L, Pratt C, Person SD, Wessolossky MA. Uptake of hepatitis C virus treatment in a multi-state Medicaid population, 2013-2017. Health services research. 2022 Dec 1; 57(6):1312-1320.
  14. Lymberopoulos P, Shaikh A, Rich NE, Benhammou JN, Kanwal F, Cholankeril G. Comparable Survival for Hepatitis C-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Liver Transplantation Irrespective of Viremic Status. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2023 May 1; 21(5):1362-1364.e1.
  15. Oselio B, Singal AG, Zhang X, Van T, Liu B, Zhu J, Waljee AK. Reinforcement learning evaluation of treatment policies for patients with hepatitis C virus. BMC medical informatics and decision making. 2022 Mar 11; 22(1):63.
  16. Mueller PP, Chen Q, Ayer T, Nemutlu GS, Hajjar A, Bethea ED, Peters MLB, Lee BP, Janjua NZ, Kanwal F, Chhatwal J. Duration and cost-effectiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in hepatitis C patients after viral eradication. Journal of Hepatology. 2022 Jul 1; 77(1):55-62.
  17. Kramer JR, Puenpatom A, Cao Y, Yu X, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in people with opioid use disorder: a real-world study of elbasvir/grazoprevir in a US Department of Veterans Affairs population. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse. 2022 Jul 4; 48(4):445-453.
  18. Yakovchenko V, Morgan TR, Chinman MJ, Powell BJ, Gonzalez R, Park A, Malone PS, Chartier M, Ross D, Rogal SS. Mapping the road to elimination: a 5-year evaluation of implementation strategies associated with hepatitis C treatment in the veterans health administration. BMC health services research. 2021 Dec 18; 21(1):1348.
  19. Beste LA, Zhang X, Su GL, Van T, Ioannou GN, Oselio B, Tincopa M, Liu B, Singal AG, Zhu J, Waljee AK. Adapted time-varying covariates Cox model for predicting future cirrhosis development performs well in a large hepatitis C cohort. BMC medical informatics and decision making. 2021 Dec 14; 21(1):347.
  20. Austin EJ, Tsui JI, Barry MP, Tung E, Glick SN, Ninburg M, Williams EC. Health care-seeking experiences for people who inject drugs with hepatitis C: Qualitative explorations of stigma. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 2022 Jun 1; 137:108684.
  21. D'Ambrosio R, Ioannou GN. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk, Outcomes, and Screening After Hepatitis C Eradication. Hepatology communications. 2021 Sep 1; 5(9):1465-1468.
  22. Auty SG, Shafer PR, Dusetzina SB, Griffith KN. Association of Medicaid Managed Care Drug Carve Outs With Hepatitis C Virus Prescription Use. JAMA health forum. 2021 Aug 27; 2(8):e212285.
  23. Auty SG, Shafer PR, Griffith KN. Medicaid Subscription-Based Payment Models and Implications for Access to Hepatitis C Medications. JAMA health forum. 2021 Aug 27; 2(8):e212291.
  24. Raasikh T, Jamali T, Flores A, Cotton RT, Ramanathan V, Tan HP, Hernaez R. Systematic review: hepatitis C viraemic allografts to hepatitis C-negative recipients in solid organ transplantation. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics. 2021 Sep 1; 54(5):571-582.
  25. Nyamathi AM, Wall SA, Yadav K, Shin SS, Chang A, Arce N, Cuellar H, Fernando S, White K, Gelberg L, Salem BE. Engaging the Community in Designing a Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Program for Adults Experiencing Homelessness. Qualitative Health Research. 2021 Sep 1; 31(11):2069-2083.
  26. Ismail MS, Mohamed I, Polychronopoulou E, Goss JA, Kuo YF, Kanwal F, Jalal PK. Outcomes in the Era of Interferon-Free Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy After Liver Transplantation in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus and Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma. 2021 Jun 29; 8:701-711.
  27. McInnes DK, Troszak LK, Fincke BG, Shwartz M, Midboe AM, Gifford AL, Dunlap S, Byrne T. Is the Availability of Direct-Acting Antivirals Associated with Increased Access to Hepatitis C Treatment for Homeless and Unstably Housed Veterans? Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Apr 1; 37(5):1038-1044.
  28. Desai N, Rich NE, Jain MK, Blackwell JM, Murphy CC, Perryman P, McBryde J, Quirk L, Clark C, Villarreal D, Waljee AK, Gopal P, Singal AG. Randomized Clinical Trial of Inreach With or Without Mailed Outreach to Promote Hepatitis C Screening in a Difficult-to-Reach Patient Population. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2021 May 1; 116(5):976-983.
  29. Su F, Cogan CJ, Bendich I, Zhang N, Whooley MA, Kuo AC. Hepatitis C infection and complication rates after total shoulder arthroplasty in United States veterans. JSES international. 2021 Jul 1; 5(4):699-706.
  30. Celli R, Saffo S, Kamili S, Wiese N, Hayden T, Taddei T, Jain D. Liver Pathologic Changes After Direct-Acting Antiviral Agent Therapy and Sustained Virologic Response in the Setting of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine. 2021 Apr 1; 145(4):419-427.
  31. Tse CS, Yang JD, Mousa OY, Nelson KM, Pungpapong S, Keaveny A, Aqel BA, Vargas H, Dickson RC, Watt K, Gores GJ, Roberts LR, Leise MD. Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy in Liver Transplant Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Hepatitis C. Transplantation direct. 2021 Jan 1; 7(1):e635.
  32. Weinheimer-Haus EM, Yu X, Singal AG, Naylor KB, Ammori C, Coyle J, Nallamothu BK, Witala W, Zhu J, Waljee AK. Utilizing public health data to geotarget hepatitis C virus elimination approaches in urban and rural Michigan. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2021 Feb 1; 28(2):440-444.
  33. Chen Q, Ayer T, Adee MG, Wang X, Kanwal F, Chhatwal J. Assessment of Incidence of and Surveillance Burden for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Patients With Hepatitis C in the Era of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents. JAMA Network Open. 2020 Nov 2; 3(11):e2021173.
  34. Ismail MS, Hassan M, Khaderi SA, Yousry WA, Kamal El-Din MM, Bahaa El-Din MM, El Sayed OA, Kaseb AO, Goss JA, Kanwal F, Jalal PK. Clinical efficacy of direct-acting antiviral therapy for recurrent hepatitis C virus infection after liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. World journal of hepatology. 2020 Sep 27; 12(9):628-640.
  35. Vutien P, Kim NJ, Moon AM, Pearson M, Su F, Berry K, Gelman H, Ioannou GN. Fibroscan liver stiffness after anti-viral treatment for hepatitis C is independently associated with adverse outcomes. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics. 2020 Dec 1; 52(11-12):1717-1727.
  36. Yakovchenko V, DeSotto K, Drainoni ML, Lukesh W, Miller DR, Park A, Shao Q, Thornton DJ, Gifford AL. Using Lean-Facilitation to Improve Quality of Hepatitis C Testing in Primary Care. Journal of general internal medicine. 2021 Feb 1; 36(2):349-357.
  37. Beste LA, Green P, Berry K, Belperio P, Ioannou GN. Hepatitis C-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in the Veterans Health Administration After Introduction of Direct-Acting Antivirals. JAMA. 2020 Sep 8; 324(10):1003-1005.
  38. Ioannou GN, Tang W, Beste LA, Tincopa MA, Su GL, Van T, Tapper EB, Singal AG, Zhu J, Waljee AK. Assessment of a Deep Learning Model to Predict Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Hepatitis C Cirrhosis. JAMA Network Open. 2020 Sep 1; 3(9):e2015626.
  39. Reader SW, Kim HS, El-Serag HB, Thrift AP. Persistent Challenges in the Hepatitis C Virus Care Continuum for Patients in a Central Texas Public Health System. Open forum infectious diseases. 2020 Aug 1; 7(8):ofaa322.
  40. Shakeri A, Srimurugathasan N, Suda KJ, Gomes T, Tadrous M. Spending on Hepatitis C Antivirals in the United States and Canada, 2014 to 2018. Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 2020 Sep 1; 23(9):1137-1141.
  41. Benhammou JN, Moon AM, Pisegna JR, Su F, Vutien P, Moylan CA, Ioannou GN. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Risk Factors Affect Liver-Related Outcomes After Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment for Hepatitis C. Digestive diseases and sciences. 2021 Jul 1; 66(7):2394-2406.
  42. Kim HS, Guerrero R, Reader SW, Daheri M, Balakrishnan M, Troisi CL, El-Serag HB, Thrift AP. Low Yield of Hepatitis C Infection in an Outreach Screening Program in Harris County, Texas. Open forum infectious diseases. 2020 Jul 1; 7(7):ofaa191.
  43. Francis AK, Beaudoin FL, Naidjate SS, Berard-Collins C, Zullo AR. Comparing Treatment Response Between Older and Younger Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection on Direct-acting Antiviral Agents. Rhode Island medical journal (2013). 2020 Jun 1; 103(5):35-40.
  44. Singal AG, Lim JK, Kanwal F. AGA Clinical Practice Update on Interaction Between Oral Direct-Acting Antivirals for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Expert Review. Clinical liver disease. 2020 Jun 1; 15(6):211-212.
  45. Waljee AK, Ryan KA, Krenz CD, Ioannou GN, Beste LA, Tincopa MA, Saini SD, Su GL, Arasim ME, Roman PT, Nallamothu BK, De Vries R. Eliciting patient views on the allocation of limited healthcare resources: a deliberation on hepatitis C treatment in the Veterans Health Administration. BMC health services research. 2020 May 1; 20(1):369.
  46. Yakovchenko V, Miech EJ, Chinman MJ, Chartier M, Gonzalez R, Kirchner JE, Morgan TR, Park A, Powell BJ, Proctor EK, Ross D, Waltz TJ, Rogal SS. Strategy Configurations Directly Linked to Higher Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Starts: An Applied Use of Configurational Comparative Methods. Medical care. 2020 May 1; 58(5):e31-e38.
  47. Do A, Esserman DA, Krishnan S, Lim JK, Taddei TH, Hauser RG, Tate JP, Re VL, Justice AC. Excess Weight Gain After Cure of Hepatitis C Infection with Direct-Acting Antivirals. Journal of general internal medicine. 2020 Jul 1; 35(7):2025-2034.
  48. Gifford AL. Sutton's Law, Substance Use Disorder, and Treatment of Hepatitis C in the Era of Direct-acting Antivirals. Journal of general internal medicine. 2020 Apr 1; 35(4):988-989.
  49. US Preventive Services Task Force , Owens DK, Davidson KW, Krist AH, Barry MJ, Cabana M, Caughey AB, Donahue K, Doubeni CA, Epling JW, Kubik M, Ogedegbe G, Pbert L, Silverstein M, Simon MA, Tseng CW, Wong JB. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. 2020 Mar 10; 323(10):970-975.
  50. Higashi RT, Jain MK, Quirk L, Rich NE, Waljee AK, Turner BJ, Lee SC, Singal AG. Patient and provider-level barriers to hepatitis C screening and linkage to care: A mixed-methods evaluation. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2020 Jul 1; 27(7):680-689.
  51. So-Armah KA, Lim JK, Lo Re V, Tate JP, Chang CH, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Marconi VC, Goetz MB, Ramachandran V, Brittain E, Long M, Nguyen KL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Budoff MJ, Tindle HA, Samet JH, Justice AC, Freiberg MS, VACS Project Team. FIB-4 stage of liver fibrosis is associated with incident heart failure with preserved, but not reduced, ejection fraction among people with and without HIV or hepatitis C. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2020 Mar 1; 63(2):184-191.
  52. Zou B, Yeo YH, Le MH, Henry L, Chang ET, Lok AS, Cheung R, Nguyen MH. Prevalence of Viremic Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Birthplace and Disease Awareness Among Viremic Persons in the United States, 1999-2016. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Jan 14; 221(3):408-418.
  53. Kim NJ, Pearson M, Vutien P, Su F, Moon AM, Berry K, Green PK, Williams EC, Ioannou GN. Alcohol Use and Long-Term Outcomes Among U.S. Veterans Who Received Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C Treatment. Hepatology communications. 2020 Feb 1; 4(2):314-324.
  54. Choi DT, Puenpatom A, Yu X, Erickson KF, Kanwal F, El-Serag HB, Kramer JR. Effectiveness of Elbasvir/Grazoprevir in patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection and chronic kidney disease in the United States veterans population. Antiviral research. 2020 Feb 1; 174:104698.
  55. Fuster D, Gelberg L. Community Screening, Identification, and Referral to Primary Care, for Hepatitis C, B, and HIV Among Homeless Persons in Los Angeles. Journal of community health. 2019 Dec 1; 44(6):1044-1054.
  56. Moon AM, Green PK, Rockey DC, Berry K, Ioannou GN. Hepatitis C eradication with direct-acting anti-virals reduces the risk of variceal bleeding. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics. 2020 Feb 1; 51(3):364-373.
  57. Huang CF, Iio E, Jun DW, Ogawa E, Toyoda H, Hsu YC, Haga H, Iwane S, Enomoto M, Lee DH, Wong G, Liu CH, Tada T, Chuang WL, Cheung R, Hayashi J, Tseng CH, Yasuda S, Tran S, Kam L, Henry L, Jeong JY, Nomura H, Park SH, Nakamuta M, Huang JF, Tai CM, Lo GH, Lee MH, Yang HI, Kao JH, Tamori A, Eguchi Y, Ueno Y, Furusyo N, Tanaka Y, Yu ML, Nguyen MH, REAL-C Investigators. Direct-acting antivirals in East Asian hepatitis C patients: real-world experience from the REAL-C Consortium. Hepatology international. 2019 Sep 1; 13(5):587-598.
  58. Uyei J, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE, Chapko M, Stevens ER, Braithwaite RS. Setting ambitious targets for surveillance and treatment rates among patients with hepatitis C related cirrhosis impacts the cost-effectiveness of hepatocellular cancer surveillance and substantially increases life expectancy: A modeling study. PLoS ONE. 2019 Aug 26; 14(8):e0221614.
  59. Gidwani-Marszowski R, Owens DK, Lo J, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Asch SM, Barnett PG. The Costs of Hepatitis C by Liver Disease Stage: Estimates from the Veterans Health Administration. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2019 Aug 1; 17(4):513-521.
  60. Singal AG, Rich NE, Mehta N, Branch AD, Pillai A, Hoteit M, Volk M, Odewole M, Scaglione S, Guy J, Said A, Feld JJ, John BV, Frenette C, Mantry P, Rangnekar AS, Oloruntoba O, Leise M, Jou JH, Bhamidimarri KR, Kulik L, Ioannou GN, Huang A, Tran T, Samant H, Dhanasekaran R, Duarte-Rojo A, Salgia R, Eswaran S, Jalal P, Flores A, Satapathy SK, Kagan S, Gopal P, Wong R, Parikh ND, Murphy CC. Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Is Associated With Increased Survival in Patients With a History of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Gastroenterology. 2019 Nov 1; 157(5):1253-1263.e2.
  61. Hanberg JS, Freiberg MS, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Gibert C, Oursler KA, Justice AC, Tate JP, VACS Project Team. Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratios as Prognostic Inflammatory Biomarkers in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and HIV/HCV Coinfection. Open forum infectious diseases. 2019 Oct 1; 6(10):ofz347.
  62. Zullig LL, Bhatia HL, Gellad ZF, Eatherly M, Henderson R, Bosworth HB. Adoption of direct-acting antiviral medications for hepatitis C: a retrospective observational study. BMC health services research. 2019 Jul 25; 19(1):521.
  63. Kellogg JB, Lee JD, Murphy D, Arya M. mHealth Can Activate Patients to Discuss Hepatitis C Screening with Physicians. Journal of mobile technology in medicine. 2019 Jul 23; 8(1):20-28.
  64. Shaikh OS, Rogal S, Malik A, Sharma V, Cacciarelli T. Liver Transplant From Increased-Risk Donors in the Era of Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C. Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation. 2020 Oct 1; 18(5):605-611.
  65. Chen Q, Ayer T, Bethea E, Kanwal F, Wang X, Roberts M, Zhuo Y, Fagiuoli S, Petersen J, Chhatwal J. Changes in hepatitis C burden and treatment trends in Europe during the era of direct-acting antivirals: a modelling study. BMJ open. 2019 Jun 11; 9(6):e026726.
  66. Beste LA. Concerns About Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C-Cause for Reassurance. JAMA Network Open. 2019 Jun 5; 2(6):e194757.
  67. Bakr O, Gelberg L, Seragaki S, Youn S, Kawamoto J, Hoppe M, Altman L, Kopelson K, May FP, Cowan B, Bhattacharya D. Treating Hepatitis C in Homeless Veterans at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans' Affairs Medical Center. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2019 Sep 1; 70(3):1071-1073.
  68. Fisk RJ, Kumar D, Kellogg JB, Murphy DR, Staggers KA, Arya M. A Proof of Concept Study Demonstrating the Feasibility of a Text Message Prompt for Hepatitis C Testing in the 1945-1965 Birth Cohort. Cureus. 2019 May 24; 11(5):e4745.
  69. Chhatwal J, Chen Q, Bethea ED, Hur C, Spaulding AC, Kanwal F. The impact of direct-acting anti-virals on the hepatitis C care cascade: identifying progress and gaps towards hepatitis C elimination in the United States. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics. 2019 Jul 1; 50(1):66-74.
  70. Ji F, Yeo YH, Wei MT, Ogawa E, Enomoto M, Lee DH, Iio E, Lubel J, Wang W, Wei B, Ide T, Preda CM, Conti F, Minami T, Bielen R, Sezaki H, Barone M, Kolly P, Chu PS, Virlogeux V, Eurich D, Henry L, Bass MB, Kanai T, Dang S, Li Z, Dufour JF, Zoulim F, Andreone P, Cheung RC, Tanaka Y, Furusyo N, Toyoda H, Tamori A, Nguyen MH. Sustained virologic response to direct-acting antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C and hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Hepatology. 2019 Sep 1; 71(3):473-485.
  71. Chhatwal J, Chen Q, Wang X, Ayer T, Zhuo Y, Janjua NZ, Kanwal F. Assessment of the Feasibility and Cost of Hepatitis C Elimination in Pakistan. JAMA Network Open. 2019 May 3; 2(5):e193613.
  72. Zou WY, Choi K, Kramer JR, Yu X, Cao Y, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Risk of Hepatocellular Cancer Recurrence in Hepatitis C Virus+ Patients Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents. Digestive diseases and sciences. 2019 Nov 1; 64(11):3328-3336.
  73. Voils CI, King HA, Thorpe CT, Blalock DV, Kronish IM, Reeve BB, Boatright C, Gellad ZF. Content Validity and Reliability of a Self-Report Measure of Medication Nonadherence in Hepatitis C Treatment. Digestive diseases and sciences. 2019 Oct 1; 64(10):2784-2797.
  74. Yakovchenko V, Bolton RE, Drainoni ML, Gifford AL. Primary care provider perceptions and experiences of implementing hepatitis C virus birth cohort testing: a qualitative formative evaluation. BMC health services research. 2019 Apr 23; 19(1):236.
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  76. El-Serag HB, Christie IC, Puenpatom A, Castillo D, Kanwal F, Kramer JR. The effects of sustained virological response to direct-acting anti-viral therapy on the risk of extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis C infection. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics. 2019 Jun 1; 49(11):1442-1447.
  77. Njei B, Esserman D, Krishnan S, Ohl M, Tate JP, Hauser RG, Taddei T, Lim J, Justice AC. Regional and Rural-Urban Differences in the Use of Direct-acting Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C Virus: The Veteran Birth Cohort. Medical care. 2019 Apr 1; 57(4):279-285.
  78. Patel K, Zickmund SL, Jones H, Reid A, Calgaro L, Otero A, Coppler T, Rogal SS. Determinants of Hepatitis C Treatment Adherence and Treatment Completion Among Veterans in the Direct Acting Antiviral Era. Digestive diseases and sciences. 2019 Oct 1; 64(10):3001-3012.
  79. Singal AG, Lim JK, Kanwal F. AGA Clinical Practice Update on Interaction Between Oral Direct-Acting Antivirals for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Expert Review. Gastroenterology. 2019 Jun 1; 156(8):2149-2157.
  80. Woodward EN, Matthieu MM, Uchendu US, Rogal S, Kirchner JE. The health equity implementation framework: proposal and preliminary study of hepatitis C virus treatment. Implementation science : IS. 2019 Mar 12; 14(1):26.
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  82. Rentsch CT, Tate JP, Steel T, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Huang L, Pisani M, Soo Hoo GW, Crystal S, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Brown ST, Freiberg MS, Graber CJ, Kim JW, Rimland D, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Crothers KA, Akgün KM. Medical Intensive Care Unit Admission Among Patients With and Without HIV, Hepatitis C Virus, and Alcohol-Related Diagnoses in the United States: A National, Retrospective Cohort Study, 1997-2014. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999). 2019 Feb 1; 80(2):145-151.
  83. Skolnik AA, Noska A, Yakovchenko V, Tsai J, Jones N, Gifford AL, McInnes DK. Experiences with interferon-free hepatitis C therapies: addressing barriers to adherence and optimizing treatment outcomes. BMC health services research. 2019 Feb 1; 19(1):91.
  84. Byrne T, Troszak L, Midboe AM, Fincke BG, Shwartz M, Gifford AL, McInnes DK. A Novel Measure to Assess Variation in Hepatitis C Prevalence Among Homeless and Unstably Housed Veterans, 2011-2016. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). 2019 Mar 1; 134(2):126-131.
  85. Konerman MA, Beste LA, Van T, Liu B, Zhang X, Zhu J, Saini SD, Su GL, Nallamothu BK, Ioannou GN, Waljee AK. Machine learning models to predict disease progression among veterans with hepatitis C virus. PLoS ONE. 2019 Jan 4; 14(1):e0208141.
  86. Fisk RJ, Kumar D, Murphy DR, Arya M. Complementing EMR-based Interventions to Improve Hepatitis C Screening. Journal of translational internal medicine. 2018 Dec 1; 6(4):198-199.
  87. Frost MC, Matson TE, Tsui JI, Williams EC. Influence of comorbid drug use disorder on receipt of evidence-based treatment for alcohol use disorder among VA patients with alcohol use disorder and Hepatitis C and/or HIV. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2019 Jan 1; 194:288-295.
  88. Lynch SM, Wilson SM, DeRycke EC, Driscoll MA, Becker WC, Goulet JL, Kerns RD, Mattocks KM, Brandt CA, Bathulapalli H, Skanderson M, Haskell SG, Bastian LA. Impact of Cigarette Smoking Status on Pain Intensity Among Veterans With and Without Hepatitis C. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2018 Sep 1; 19(suppl_1):S5-S11.
  89. Chhatwal J, Samur S, Bethea ED, Ayer T, Kanwal F, Hur C, Roberts MS, Terrault N, Chung RT. Transplanting hepatitis C virus-positive livers into hepatitis C virus-negative patients with preemptive antiviral treatment: A modeling study. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2018 Jun 1; 67(6):2085-2095.
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  194. Kanwal F, El-Serag HB. Hepatitis C virus treatment: the unyielding chasm between efficacy and effectiveness. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2014 Aug 1; 12(8):1381-3.
  195. Morbitzer KA, Taber DJ, Pilch NA, Meadows HB, Fleming JN, Bratton CF, McGillicuddy JW, Baliga PK, Chavin KD. The impact of diabetes mellitus and glycemic control on clinical outcomes following liver transplant for hepatitis C. Clinical Transplantation. 2014 Aug 1; 28(8):862-8.
  196. Zuchowski J, Hamilton AB, Pyne J, Clark J, Smith D, Kanwal F. Gender differences in treatment decision-making among Veterans with hepatitis C. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D Enhancing Partnerships for Research and Care of Women Veterans Conference; 2014 Jul 31; Arlington, VA.
  197. Nelson RE, Hoop R, Korner E, DuVall S, Hayden CL, Knippenberg K, Morgan T, Pandya P, Han J, LaFleur J. Predicting Discontinuation of Pegylated Interferon as a Result of Lack of Efficacy in United States Veterans With Chronic Hepatitis C on Dual Therapy. The Annals of pharmacotherapy. 2014 Jul 1; 48(7):826-836.
  198. Wong RJ, Kanwal F, Younossi ZM, Ahmed A. Hepatitis C virus infection and coronary artery disease risk: a systematic review of the literature. Digestive diseases and sciences. 2014 Jul 1; 59(7):1586-93.
  199. Sansgiry S, Pyne J, Smith D, Brown AC, Hodges D, Stanley R, Kanwal F. Health-related quality of life in chronic hepatitis C patients with depression. Poster session presented at: International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Annual Meeting; 2014 Jun 3; Montreal, Canada.
  200. Kruse R, Kramer JR, Duan Z, Chen L, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Impact of Active Hepatitis B Virus DNA Replication on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Hepatitis C and B Co-infection. Paper presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2014 May 5; Chicago, IL.
  201. White DL, Liu Y, Tsavachidis S, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Kuzniarek J, Jiao L, Ramsey DJ, Kanwal F, Francis J, El-Serag HB. Sex Hormone Pathway Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Risk of Advanced Hepatitis C-Related Liver Disease in Males. Poster session presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2014 May 4; Chicago, IL.
  202. El-Serag HB, Kanwal F, Davila JA, Kramer J, Richardson P. A new laboratory-based algorithm to predict development of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C and cirrhosis. Gastroenterology. 2014 May 1; 146(5):1249-55.e1.
  203. Lim JK, Tate JP, Fultz SL, Goulet JL, Conigliaro J, Bryant KJ, Gordon AJ, Gibert C, Rimland D, Goetz MB, Klein MB, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Lo Re V. Relationship between alcohol use categories and noninvasive markers of advanced hepatic fibrosis in HIV-infected, chronic hepatitis C virus-infected, and uninfected patients. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2014 May 1; 58(10):1449-58.
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  205. Taylor-Young P. Feasibility and Acceptability of Group Acupuncture in Veterans with Hepatitis C: A Pilot Study. Poster session presented at: Western Institute of Nursing Annual Meeting; 2014 Apr 10; Seattle, WA.
  206. Sussman NL, Remien CH, Kanwal F. The end of hepatitis C. [Editorial]. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2014 Apr 1; 12(4):533-6.
  207. Lo Re V, Kallan MJ, Tate JP, Localio AR, Lim JK, Goetz MB, Klein MB, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Park L, Dubrow R, Reddy KR, Kostman JR, Strom BL, Justice AC. Hepatic decompensation in antiretroviral-treated patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus compared with hepatitis C virus-monoinfected patients: a cohort study. Annals of internal medicine. 2014 Mar 18; 160(6):369-79.
  208. Anderson JP, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ, Lo Re V, Tate JP, Williams PL, Seage GR, Horsburgh CR, Lim JK, Goetz MB, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Butt AA, Klein MB, Justice AC. Antiretroviral therapy reduces the rate of hepatic decompensation among HIV- and hepatitis C virus-coinfected veterans. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2014 Mar 1; 58(5):719-27.
  209. Younossi ZM, Kanwal F, Saab S, Brown KA, El-Serag HB, Kim WR, Ahmed A, Kugelmas M, Gordon SC. The impact of hepatitis C burden: an evidence-based approach. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics. 2014 Mar 1; 39(5):518-31.
  210. Kanwal F, Hoang T, Chrusciel T, Kramer JR, El-Serag HB, Durfee J, Dominitz JA, Yano EM, Asch SM. Association between facility characteristics and the process of care delivered to patients with hepatitis C virus infection. Digestive diseases and sciences. 2014 Feb 1; 59(2):273-81.
  211. Southern WN, Drainoni ML, Smith BD, Koppelman E, McKee MD, Christiansen CL, Gifford AL, Weinbaum CM, Litwin AH. Physician nonadherence with a hepatitis C screening program. Quality management in health care. 2014 Jan 1; 23(1):1-9.
  212. Bachhuber MA, Cunningham CO. Changes in testing for human immunodeficiency virus, sexually transmitted infections, and hepatitis C virus in opioid treatment programs. JAMA. 2013 Dec 25; 310(24):2671-2.
  213. Groessl EJ, Ho SB, Asch SM, Stepnowsky CJ, Laurent D, Gifford AL. The hepatitis C self-management program: sustainability of primary outcomes at 1 year. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education. 2013 Dec 1; 40(6):730-40.
  214. Moyer VA, U. S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for hepatitis C virus infection in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Annals of internal medicine. 2013 Sep 3; 159(5):349-57.
  215. French AL, Evans CT, Agniel DM, Cohen MH, Peters M, Landay AL, Desai SN. Microbial translocation and liver disease progression in women coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2013 Aug 15; 208(4):679-89.
  216. Tyson GL, Kramer JR, Duan Z, Davila JA, Richardson PA, El-Serag HB. Prevalence and predictors of hepatitis B virus coinfection in a United States cohort of hepatitis C virus-infected patients. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2013 Aug 1; 58(2):538-45.
  217. Groessl EJ, Sklar M, Cheung RC, Bräu N, Ho SB. Increasing antiviral treatment through integrated hepatitis C care: a randomized multicenter trial. Contemporary clinical trials. 2013 Jul 1; 35(2):97-107.
  218. Heslin KC, Guerrero EG, Mitchell MN, Afable MK, Dobalian A. Explaining differences in hepatitis C between U.S. veterans and nonveterans in treatment for substance abuse: results from a regression decomposition. Substance use & misuse. 2013 Jul 1; 48(10):854-62.
  219. Tyson GL, Richardson PA, White DL, Kuzniarek J, Ramsey DJ, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, El-Serag HB. Dietary fructose intake and severity of liver disease in hepatitis C virus-infected patients. Journal of clinical gastroenterology. 2013 Jul 1; 47(6):545-52.
  220. White DL, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Kanwal F, Ramsey DJ, Hashmi A, Kuzniarek J, Patel P, Francis J, El-Serag HB. The association between serological and dietary vitamin D levels and hepatitis C-related liver disease risk differs in African American and white males. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics. 2013 Jul 1; 38(1):28-37.
  221. Hanks D. Management eBrief-l: Assessment of Alternative Treatment Strategies for Chronic Genotype 1 Hepatitis C. 2013 Jun 4; 5(67).
  222. Kramer JR, Kowalkowski M, Duan Z, El-Serag HB, Chiao E. Effect of Hepatitis C Viral Factors and Overall Immune Suppression on the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with HCV-HIV Coinfection. Paper presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2013 May 20; Orlando, FL.
  223. Kanwal F. Liver related mortality in patients with hepatitis C virus infection. Paper presented at: Chronic Liver Disease Foundation Quarterly Panel Meeting; 2013 May 9; Washington, DC.
  224. Hanks D. Emerging Evidence-2: Apr '13-HIV and Hepatitis C. 2013 Apr 30; 4(2).
  225. Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Barnett PG, Dally S, Asch SM, Liu S, Cipriano L, Owens DK, Miake-Lye IM, Beroes JM, Shekelle PG. Assessment of Alternative Treatment Strategies for Chronic Genotype 1 Hepatitis C. Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs; 2013 Mar 1. 37 p. Report No.: VA ESP Project #05-226.
  226. Kanwal F, Lok AS, El-Serag HB. CDC and USPSTF 2012 recommendations for screening for hepatitis C virus infection: overview and take-home messages. Gastroenterology. 2013 Mar 1; 144(3):478-81.
  227. Kanwal F, Lok AS, El-Serag HB. CDC and USPSTF 2012 recommendations for screening for hepatitis C virus infection: overview and take-home messages. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2013 Mar 1; 11(3):200-3.
  228. McInnes DK, Solomon JL, Shimada SL, Petrakis BA, Bokhour BG, Asch SM, Nazi KM, Houston TK, Gifford AL. Development and evaluation of an internet and personal health record training program for low-income patients with HIV or hepatitis C. Medical care. 2013 Mar 1; 51(3 Suppl 1):S62-6.
  229. El-Serag HB. Treating Patients with Hepatitis C to Prevent Related Diseases HCC/Cholangiocarcinoma. Paper presented at: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases - Single Topic Conference; 2013 Feb 14; Atlanta, GA.
  230. Zickmund SL. Racial disparities in treatment for hepatitis C: a longitudinal mixed methods approach. Poster session presented at: National Institutes of Health Science of Eliminating Health Disparities Annual Summit; 2012 Dec 17; National Harbor, MD.
  231. Calore BL, Cheung RC, Giori NJ. Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the veteran population undergoing total joint arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2012 Dec 1; 27(10):1772-6.
  232. Oser M, Cucciare M, McKellar J, Weingardt K. Correlates of hazardous drinking among Veterans with and without hepatitis C. Journal of behavioral medicine. 2012 Dec 1; 35(6):634-41.
  233. Drainoni ML, Litwin AH, Smith BD, Koppelman EA, McKee MD, Christiansen CL, Gifford AL, Weinbaum CM, Southern WN. Effectiveness of a risk screener in identifying hepatitis C virus in a primary care setting. American journal of public health. 2012 Nov 1; 102(11):e115-21.
  234. Kanwal F, Hoang T, Chrusciel T, Kramer JR, El-Serag HB, Dominitz JA, Asch SM. Process of care for hepatitis C infection is linked to treatment outcome and virologic response. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2012 Nov 1; 10(11):1270-1277.e3.
  235. Lo Re V, Volk J, Newcomb CW, Yang YX, Freeman CP, Hennessy S, Kostman JR, Tebas P, Leonard MB, Localio AR. Risk of hip fracture associated with hepatitis C virus infection and hepatitis C/human immunodeficiency virus coinfection. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2012 Nov 1; 56(5):1688-98.
  236. Lovejoy TI, Dobscha SK, Cavanagh R, Turk DC, Morasco BJ. Chronic pain treatment and health service utilization of veterans with hepatitis C virus infection. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2012 Nov 1; 13(11):1407-16.
  237. Smith-Spangler CM, Asch SM. Commentary on Vickerman et?al. (2012): Reducing hepatitis C virus among injection drug users through harm reduction programs. Addiction. 2012 Nov 1; 107(11):1996-7.
  238. White DL, Hashmi A, Ramsey DJ, Kuzniarek J, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, El-Serag HB. Finasteride and methadone use and risk of advanced hepatitis C related liver disease. Digestive diseases and sciences. 2012 Nov 1; 57(11):3004-10.
  239. Kanwal F, Hoang T, Kramer J, Chrusciel T, El-Serag H, Dominitz JA, Asch SM. The performance of process measures in hepatitis C. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2012 Oct 1; 107(10):1512-21.
  240. White DL, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Kuzniarek J, Ramsey DJ, El-Serag HB. Racial differences in the association between adiposity measures and the risk of hepatitis C-related liver disease. Journal of clinical gastroenterology. 2012 Oct 1; 46(9):779-88.
  241. Norton BL, Park L, McGrath LJ, Proeschold Bell RJ, Muir AJ, Naggie S. Health care utilization in HIV-infected patients: assessing the burden of hepatitis C virus coinfection. AIDS Patient Care and Stds. 2012 Sep 1; 26(9):541-5.
  242. Zickmund SL, Campbell SA, Tirado CF, Zook CL, Weinrieb RM. Perceived barriers to hepatitis C therapy for patients receiving opioid agonist treatment. Journal of addiction medicine. 2012 Sep 1; 6(3):233-9.
  243. Groessl EJ, Liu L, Ho SB, Kanwal F, Gifford AL, Asch SM. National patterns and predictors of liver biopsy use for management of hepatitis C. Journal of Hepatology. 2012 Aug 1; 57(2):252-9.
  244. Fix GM, Bolton RE, Drainoni M, Koppelman E, Gifford AL, Clark JA. The impact of work on patients’ abilities to complete hepatitis C treatment. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2012 Jul 18; National Harbor, MD.
  245. Zickmund SL, Hanusa BH, Obrosky DS, Chapko MK, Bayliss NK, Switzer GE, Sevick MA, Zook CL, Mrkva A, Arnold RM. Racial disparities in the initiation of hepatitis C antiviral therapy. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2012 Jul 17; National Harbor, MD.
  246. Chan K, Lai MN, Groessl E, Hanchate A, Wong JB, Clark JA, Asch SM, Gifford AL, Ho SB. Potential Costs Associated with New Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAAs) therapy for untreated Chronic Hepatitis C genotype 1 infection in the Veterans Health Administration. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2012 Jul 16; National Harbor, MD.
  247. Litwin AH, Smith BD, Drainoni ML, McKee D, Gifford AL, Koppelman E, Christiansen CL, Weinbaum CM, Southern WN. Primary care-based interventions are associated with increases in hepatitis C virus testing for patients at risk. Digestive and Liver Disease : Official Journal of The Italian Society of Gastroenterology and The Italian Association For The Study of The Liver. 2012 Jun 1; 44(6):497-503.
  248. Tyson G, Duan Z, Kramer JR, Davila J, Richardson PA, Kanwal F, El-Serag HB. Clinical outcomes of hepatitis B co-infection in a United States cohort with hepatitis C. Poster session presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2012 May 21; San Diego, CA.
  249. White DL, Green LK, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Kuzniarek J, Ramsey DJ, Sansgiry S, Francis J, El-Serag HB. Higher total serum testosterone level is associated with increased risk of biopsy-confirmed advanced hepatic fibrosis and inflammation but not advanced steatosis in male Veterans with chronic hepatitis C. Poster session presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2012 May 19; San Diego, CA.
  250. Bilka NJ, Baker E, Hournieh A. A retrospective analysis of telaprevir therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System (VABHS): A pilot study. Poster session presented at: Eastern States Conference for Pharmacy Residents and Preceptors; 2012 May 3; Hershey, PA.
  251. Lovejoy TI, Dobscha SK, Cavanagh R, Turk DC, Morasco BJ. Chronic pain treatment and medical utilization among patients with hepatitis C. [Abstract]. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. 2012 Apr 11; 13(11):1407-1416.
  252. Clark BT, Garcia-Tsao G, Fraenkel L. Patterns and predictors of treatment initiation and completion in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Patient preference and adherence. 2012 Apr 4; 6:285-95.
  253. Richardson P, Duan Z, Kramer J, Davila JA, Tyson GL, El-Serag HB. Determinants of serum alpha-fetoprotein levels in hepatitis C-infected patients. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2012 Apr 1; 10(4):428-33.
  254. Saifu HN, Asch SM, Goetz MB, Smith JP, Graber CJ, Schaberg D, Sun BC. Evaluation of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C telemedicine clinics. The American journal of managed care. 2012 Apr 1; 18(4):207-12.
  255. White DL, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Kuzniarek J, Pascua R, Ramsey DJ, El-Serag HB. Higher serum testosterone is associated with increased risk of advanced hepatitis C-related liver disease in males. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2012 Mar 1; 55(3):759-68.
  256. Layden JE, Cotler SJ, Grim SA, Fischer MJ, Lucey MR, Clark NM. Impact of donor and recipient race on survival after hepatitis C-related liver transplantation. Transplantation. 2012 Feb 27; 93(4):444-9.
  257. Liu S, Cipriano LE, Holodniy M, Owens DK, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD. New protease inhibitors for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Annals of internal medicine. 2012 Feb 21; 156(4):279-90.
  258. Rongey CA, Asch SM. Access to care for vulnerable Veterans with hepatitis C: a hybrid conceptual framework and a case study to guide translation. Translational behavioral medicine. 2011 Dec 22; 1(4):1-8.
  259. Chapman J, Oser M, Hockemeyer J, Weitlauf J, Jones S, Cheung R. Changes in depressive symptoms and impact on treatment course among hepatitis C patients undergoing interferon-a and ribavirin therapy: a prospective evaluation. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2011 Dec 1; 106(12):2123-32.
  260. Cucciare MA, Weingardt KR. Commentary on Gibson et al. (2011): Brief alcohol interventions in the context of treatment for hepatitis C. Addiction. 2011 Dec 1; 106(12):2193-4.
  261. Oser ML, Cucciare MA, McKellar JD, Weingardt KR. Correlates of hazardous drinking among Veterans with and without hepatitis C. Presented at: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention; 2011 Nov 10; Toronto, Canada.
  262. Chan K, Groessl EJ, Hanchate AD, Clark JA, Asch SM, Gifford AL, Ho SB. Anticipating the Clinical Impact of Direct Antiviral Agent (DAA) therapy for Hepatitis C infection in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Paper presented at: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Annual Meeting; 2011 Nov 5; San Francisco, CA.
  263. Chan K, Groessl EJ, Hanchate AD, Ho SB. Potential Costs Associated with New Direct-Antiviral Agent (DAA) therapy for untreated Chronic Hepatitis C genotype 1 infection in the Veterans Health Administration. Paper presented at: International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Western Pharmacoeconomics Biennial Conference; 2011 Nov 5; Madrid, Spain.
  264. Gifford AL, Asch S, Williams S, Hanchate A. Cost of Caring for Patients with Hepatitis C (HCV) in the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System. Poster session presented at: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Annual Meeting; 2011 Nov 5; San Francisco, CA.
  265. Chan K, Lai MN, Groessl E, Hanchate A, Hernandez L, Wong J, Clark J, Asch S, Gifford A, Ho SB. Long term Clinical Impact of Direct Antiviral Agent (DAA) therapy for untreated Chronic Hepatitis C genotype 1 infection in the Veterans Health Administration. Presented at: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Annual Meeting; 2011 Nov 4; San Francisco, CA.
  266. Chan K, Lai MN, Groessl E, Hanchate A, Hernandez L, Wong J, Clark J, Asch S, Gifford A, Ho SB. Long term Clinical Impact of Direct Antiviral Agent (DAA) therapy for untreated Chronic Hepatitis C genotype 1 infection in the Veterans Health Administration. [Abstract]. Hepatology. 2011 Nov 1; 54(S1):437A.
  267. Chan K, Lai MN, Groessl EJ, Hanchate A, Hernandez A, Wong JB, Clark JA, Asch SM, Gifford AL, Ho S. Potential Costs Associated with New Direct Acting Antiviral (DAAs) Therapy for Untreated Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Infection in the Veterans Health Administration. [Abstract]. Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 2011 Nov 1; 14(7):A269-A270.
  268. Tyson GL, Duan Z, Kramer JR, Davila JA, Richardson PA, El-Serag HB. Level of a-fetoprotein predicts mortality among patients with hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2011 Nov 1; 9(11):989-94.
  269. Freiberg MS, Chang CC, Skanderson M, McGinnis K, Kuller LH, Kraemer KL, Rimland D, Goetz MB, Butt AA, Rodriguez Barradas MC, Gibert C, Leaf D, Brown ST, Samet J, Kazis L, Bryant K, Justice AC, Veterans Aging Cohort Study. The risk of incident coronary heart disease among veterans with and without HIV and hepatitis C. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes. 2011 Jul 1; 4(4):425-32.
  270. White DL, Richardson PA, Al-Saadi M, Fitzgerald SJ, Green L, Amaratunge C, Anand M, El-Serag HB. Dietary history and physical activity and risk of advanced liver disease in veterans with chronic hepatitis C infection. Digestive diseases and sciences. 2011 Jun 1; 56(6):1835-47.
  271. Kanwal F, Hoang T, Kramer JR, Chrusciel R, Asch SN, El-Serag H, Asch SM. Specialty evaluation in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infections - Role of patient versus non-patient factors. Poster session presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2011 May 7; Chicago, IL.
  272. Kanwal F, Hoang T, Kramer JR, Chrusciel T, El-Serag HB, Eisen S, Dominitz JA, Asch SM. Linking quality of hepatitis C virus (HCV) care to treatment and virologic response. Paper presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2011 May 7; Chicago, IL.
  273. Kramer JR, Davila JA, Duan Z, Richardson PA, Kanwal F, El-Serag H. Antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus is associated with a reduced risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in a national cohort of US Veterans. Paper presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2011 May 7; Chicago, IL.
  274. Kramer JR, Kanwal F, Mei M, Giordano TP, El-Serag H. Effectiveness of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antiviral treatment in Veterans with HIV-HCV coinfection. Paper presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2011 May 7; Chicago, IL.
  275. Tyson GL, Kramer JR, Davila JA, Duan Z, Richardson PA, El-Serag HB. Alpha-fetoprotein levels are predictive of survival in hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma in United States Veterans cohort. Paper presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2011 May 7; Chicago, IL.
  276. White D, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Kuzniarek J, Pascua R, Ramsey DJ, Francis J, El-Serag HB. High total serum testosterone is associated with increased risk of advance hepatic fibrosis and inflammatory activity in male Veterans with chronic hepatitis C. Poster session presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2011 May 7; Chicago, IL.
  277. Gifford AL, Drainoni M, Koppelman E, Clark JA. Patient narratives of their experiences and motivations going through hepatitis C (HCV) drug treatment. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2011 May 4; Phoenix, AZ.
  278. Groessl EJ, Weingart KR, Gifford AL, Asch SM, Ho SB. Development of the hepatitis C self-management program. Patient education and counseling. 2011 May 1; 83(2):252-5.
  279. Groessl EJ, Weingart KR, Stepnowsky CJ, Gifford AL, Asch SM, Ho SB. The hepatitis C self-management programme: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2011 May 1; 18(5):358-68.
  280. Oser ML, Cucciare MA, McKellar JD, Weingardt KR. Hazardous Alcohol Use among Veterans with Hepatitis C: Alcohol-related Coping, Consequences, and Confidence to Change. Paper presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2011 Apr 30; Washington, DC.
  281. Kanwal F, Hoang T, Kramer JR, Asch SM, Goetz MB, Zeringue A, Richardson P, El-Serag HB. Increasing prevalence of HCC and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Gastroenterology. 2011 Apr 1; 140(4):1182-1188.e1.
  282. Kramer JR, Kanwal F, Richardson P, Giordano TP, Petersen LA, El-Serag HB. Importance of patient, provider, and facility predictors of hepatitis C virus treatment in veterans: a national study. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2011 Mar 1; 106(3):483-91.
  283. Stepanova M, Kanwal F, El-Serag HB, Younossi ZM. Insurance status and treatment candidacy of hepatitis C patients: analysis of population-based data from the United States. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2011 Mar 1; 53(3):737-45.
  284. Rongey CA, Connors E, Monto A, Asch S, Knight SJ. Improving access to liver care among urban poor and rural Veterans with Hepatitis C associated liver disease: A Conceptual Framework. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D National Meeting; 2011 Feb 17; National Harbor, MD.
  285. Rongey CA, Hamilton N, Asch S, Knight SJ. Impaired access to specialty care among rural Veterans with Hepatitis C. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D National Meeting; 2011 Feb 17; National Harbor, MD.
  286. Davila JA, Henderson L, Kramer JR, Kanwal F, Richardson PA, Duan Z, El-Serag HB. Utilization of surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma among hepatitis C virus-infected veterans in the United States. Annals of internal medicine. 2011 Jan 18; 154(2):85-93.
  287. Beste LA, Ioannou GN, Larson MS, Chapko M, Dominitz JA. Predictors of early treatment discontinuation among patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C and implications for viral eradication. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2010 Nov 1; 8(11):972-8.
  288. Jacobson IM, Davis GL, El-Serag H, Negro F, Trépo C. Prevalence and challenges of liver diseases in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2010 Nov 1; 8(11):924-33; quiz e117.
  289. Singal AG, Waljee AK, Shiffman M, Bacon BR, Schoenfeld PS. Meta-analysis: re-treatment of genotype I hepatitis C nonresponders and relapsers after failing interferon and ribavirin combination therapy. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics. 2010 Oct 1; 32(8):969-83.
  290. Kanwal F, Schnitzler MS, Bacon BR, Hoang T, Buchanan PM, Asch SM. Quality of care in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a cohort study. Annals of internal medicine. 2010 Aug 17; 153(4):231-9.
  291. Kanwal F, Hoang T, Asch SM, Kramer JR, Zeringue AL, El-Serag HB. Over-utilization of hepatitis C antibody testing and its impact on the quality of care in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Poster session presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2010 May 1; New Orleans, LA.
  292. Singal AG, Volk ML, Jensen D, Di Bisceglie AM, Schoenfeld PS. A sustained viral response is associated with reduced liver-related morbidity and mortality in patients with hepatitis C virus. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2010 Mar 1; 8(3):280-8, 288.e1.
  293. Chapko MK, Yee HS, Monto A, Dominitz JA. Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination for individuals with chronic hepatitis C. Vaccine. 2010 Feb 17; 28(7):1726-31.
  294. Butt AA, McGinnis KA, Skanderson M, Justice AC. Hepatitis C treatment completion rates in routine clinical care. Liver International : Official Journal of The International Association For The Study of The Liver. 2010 Feb 1; 30(2):240-50.
  295. Davis GL, Alter MJ, El-Serag H, Poynard T, Jennings LW. Aging of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected persons in the United States: a multiple cohort model of HCV prevalence and disease progression. Gastroenterology. 2010 Feb 1; 138(2):513-21, 521.e1-6.
  296. Fischer MJ, Wyatt CM, Gordon K, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Justice AC, Parikh CR, VACS Project Team. Hepatitis C and the risk of kidney disease and mortality in veterans with HIV. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. 2010 Feb 1; 53(2):222-6.
  297. Kramer JR, Kanwal F, Giordano TP, Richardson P, Petersen LA, El-Serag HB. Patient, provider, and facility predictors of HCV antiviral treatment among US veterans with chronic hepatitis C infection. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D Career Development Annual Meeting; 2010 Feb 1; San Francisco, CA.
  298. Plebani JG, Tirado CF, Pettinati HM, Kampman KM, Volpicelli JR, Oslin DW. Combined effects of alcohol and hepatitis C: a secondary analysis of alcohol use biomarkers and high-risk behaviors from two medication trials for alcohol dependence. Addictive Behaviors. 2010 Feb 1; 35(2):123-8.
  299. Fraenkel L, Chodkowski D, Lim J, Garcia-Tsao G. Patients' preferences for treatment of hepatitis C. Medical Decision Making. 2010 Jan 1; 30(1):45-57.
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  442. Gordon AJ, Conigliaro J, Justice AC, McGinnis KA, Kilbourne AM, Rabeneck L, Brown S. Alcohol consumption effects in HIV infected persons with hepatitis C. Paper presented at: Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy / Infectious Diseases Society of America Joint Meeting; 2001 Dec 19; Chicago, IL.
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