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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Original Articles April 2008, Volume 22 Issue 4: 381-387

The burden of hepatitis C virus infection is growing: A Canadian

population-based study of hospitalizations from 1994 to 2004

RP Myers, M Liu, AA Shaheen

BACKGROUND: Nearly 1% of Canadians are infected with the hepatitis C virus

(HCV). Simulation analyses have suggested that HCV will place an increasing

burden on the health care system as the infected population ages, but supportive

clinical data are limited.

OBJECTIVES: To study temporal trends in HCV-related hospitalizations and

predictors of increased health care utilization from a Canadian population-based

perspective.

METHODS: An administrative hospitalization database from the Calgary Health

Region was used to identify patients who were admitted for HCV between 1994 and

2004. The primary outcomes were liver-related HCV hospitalizations, length of

stay, hospital costs and in-hospital mortality. Average annual growth rates in

outcomes were calculated and subgroup analyses were conducted according to age,

sex and HIV/HCV coinfection status.

RESULTS: Between 1994 and 2004, there were 4002 HCV-related hospitalizations;

22% were liver-related. Liver-related hospitalizations, lengths of stay and

in-hospital mortality increased approximately fourfold or an average of 15% to

18% annually (P

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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Original Articles April 2008, Volume 22 Issue 4: 381-387

The burden of hepatitis C virus infection is growing: A Canadian

population-based study of hospitalizations from 1994 to 2004

RP Myers, M Liu, AA Shaheen

BACKGROUND: Nearly 1% of Canadians are infected with the hepatitis C virus

(HCV). Simulation analyses have suggested that HCV will place an increasing

burden on the health care system as the infected population ages, but supportive

clinical data are limited.

OBJECTIVES: To study temporal trends in HCV-related hospitalizations and

predictors of increased health care utilization from a Canadian population-based

perspective.

METHODS: An administrative hospitalization database from the Calgary Health

Region was used to identify patients who were admitted for HCV between 1994 and

2004. The primary outcomes were liver-related HCV hospitalizations, length of

stay, hospital costs and in-hospital mortality. Average annual growth rates in

outcomes were calculated and subgroup analyses were conducted according to age,

sex and HIV/HCV coinfection status.

RESULTS: Between 1994 and 2004, there were 4002 HCV-related hospitalizations;

22% were liver-related. Liver-related hospitalizations, lengths of stay and

in-hospital mortality increased approximately fourfold or an average of 15% to

18% annually (P

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