Economic and Public Health Impacts of Policies Restricting Access to Hepatitis C Treatment for Medicaid Patients.

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Published in Value Health on March 24, 2016

Authors

Alexis P Chidi1, Cindy L Bryce2, Julie M Donohue2, Michael J Fine3, Douglas P Landsittel4, Larissa Myaskovsky3, Shari S Rogal3, Galen E Switzer3, Allan Tsung3, Kenneth J Smith4

Author Affiliations

1: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: apc10@pitt.edu.
2: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
3: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
4: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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