Martin, Stephen ABosse, JordonWilson, AmandaLosikoff, PhyllisChiodo, Lisa2022-08-232022-08-232018-04-252018-06-15<p>Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2018 Apr 25;13(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s13722-018-0111-7. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-018-0111-7">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>1940-0632 (Linking)10.1186/s13722-018-0111-729690936https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/40632For over a decade, the vast majority of new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections have been among young people who inject drugs (PWID). Well-characterized gaps in chronic HCV diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment have resulted in fewer than 5% of PWID receiving HCV treatment. While interferon-based treatment may have intentionally been foregone during part of this time in anticipation of improved oral therapies, the overall pattern points to deficiencies and treatment exclusions in the health care system. Treatment for HCV with all-oral, highly effective direct-acting antiviral medication for 12 weeks or less is now the standard of care, putting renewed focus on effective delivery of care. We describe here both the need for and process of chronic HCV care under the roof of addiction medicine.en-US© The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Chronic hepatitis CCirrhosisContinuity of careHepatitis C epidemiologyHepatitis C treatmentOpioid use disorderProject ECHOTreatment cascadeClinical EpidemiologyCommunity Health and Preventive MedicineEpidemiologyHealth Services AdministrationHealth Services ResearchSubstance Abuse and AddictionVirus DiseasesJournal Articlehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4447&amp;context=oapubs&amp;unstamped=1https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/343612326404oapubs/3436