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ArticlePublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)2026

Awareness of Hepatitis C Test Results Among Reported Cases in Los Angeles County, 2021-2022.

Lokesh N Bhardwaj, Cassidy Hernandez-Tamayo, Chrysovalantis Stafylis, Riya Shah, Mirna Ponce Jewell, Prabhu Gounder, Jeffrey D Klausner

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Lokesh N BhardwajDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-6854-186X
Cassidy Hernandez-TamayoDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Chrysovalantis StafylisViral Hepatitis Unit, Acute Communicable Disease Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Riya ShahDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Mirna Ponce JewellViral Hepatitis Unit, Acute Communicable Disease Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Prabhu GounderViral Hepatitis Unit, Acute Communicable Disease Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jeffrey D KlausnerDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Abstract

Despite curative hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments, only one-third of cases receive treatment nationally. To evaluate how demographic and clinical characteristics were associated with HCV test result awareness and treatment completion, we analyzed programmatic data of a linkage-to-care program in Los Angeles County. Among 512 respondents, 433 (85%) were aware of their positive test result; of those, 138 (32%) received treatment. Black or African American people were less likely (adjusted prevalence odds ratio [APOR] = 0.43; 95% CI, 0.20-0.92) to be aware of their positive test result than White people. Among those aware of their test results, treatment completion was more likely when a specialist physician ordered the HCV test (APOR = 2.13; 95% CI, 1.03-4.41) than when a primary care provider ordered it, and people with symptoms of liver disease were less likely to complete treatment (APOR = 0.16; 95% CI, 0.08-0.35) than people without symptoms. Clinical and community notification and linkage programs, with a focus on racial and ethnic minority populations, will be necessary to bridge the gap between awareness and treatment initiation among Los Angeles County residents.

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awarenesshepatitis Cinfectious diseasepublic healthtreatment

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