Journal: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Article Title: Implementation of a Hepatitis C Screening Program for At-Risk Former Soviet-Bloc Immigrants in a Large Health Maintenance Organization
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofag278
Figure Lengend Snippet: Monthly hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV Ab) screening tests in the target population before and after intervention, with interrupted time-series model predictions. Black points represent observed monthly anti-HCV Ab test counts. The dashed vertical blue line marks the intervention date. The red line represents predicted monthly counts from the interrupted time-series negative binomial regression model, and the red shaded area indicates the 95% confidence interval (CI) of the model predictions. The light blue shaded area (right y-axis) shows the cumulative proportion of the target population screened over time (%), beginning at 50% representing the Maccabi Health Services previous Soviet-bloc population that had HCV testing in the past for any reason.
Article Snippet: HCV antibodies were tested with the Abbott Architect Anti-HCV kit (1 sample per cutoff).
Techniques: Virus