Aysegul Erman, Yeva Sahakyan, Karl Everett, Christina Greenaway, Naveed Janjua, Jeffrey C Kwong, William W L Wong, Hong Lu, Beate Sander
BACKGROUND: Data on the economic burden of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) among immigrants are limited. Our objective was to estimate the CHC-attributable mortality and healthcare costs among immigrants in Ontario, Canada. METHODS: We conducted a population-based matched cohort study among immigrants diagnosed with CHC between May 31, 2003, and December 31, 2018, using linked health administrative data. Immigrants with CHC (exposed) were matched 1 : 1 to immigrants without CHC (unexposed) using a combination of hard (index date, sex, and age) and propensity-score matching...
2024: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology