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Healthcare System May Be Overwhelmed by HCV Cases

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 23rd, 1998

During the next decade, the U.S. healthcare system could be overwhelmed by hepatitis C virus-related liver diseases, as deaths double and the need for liver transplants increase five-fold.

But as bleak as the short-term picture is, the 20-year outlook is even more daunting - hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related deaths are projected to almost quadruple by the year 2018 and the demand for liver transplants will be eight times higher than today.

"Physicians are overwhelmed by this virus already, yet we're not yet seeing a fraction of the real problem," Gary L. Davis of the University of Florida said in a presentation delivered at the 49th annual meeting of...

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