The Effect of Medical Advances on Insurance ... - Actuary.com
The Effect of Medical Advances on Insurance ... - Actuary.com
The Effect of Medical Advances on Insurance ... - Actuary.com
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Impact <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> HCV<br />
• Minimal to mild morbidity with acute<br />
infecti<strong>on</strong>, minimal acute mortality<br />
• Significant l<strong>on</strong>g term morbidity mortality<br />
risk in 10-15% 15% with chr<strong>on</strong>ic HCV -<br />
- late effects: cirrhosis, liver failure, liver<br />
cancer<br />
- Chr<strong>on</strong>ic HCV -#1 cause for live<br />
transplantati<strong>on</strong> and hepatoma in US