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. 2020 Jul/Aug;135(1_suppl):44S-49S.
doi: 10.1177/0033354920904608.

Enforcement of Legal Remedies to Secure Hepatitis C Virus Treatment With Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapies in Correctional Facilities and Medicaid Programs

Robert Greenwald  1 , Phillip Waters  1 , Sarah Cayer  1
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Enforcement of Legal Remedies to Secure Hepatitis C Virus Treatment With Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapies in Correctional Facilities and Medicaid Programs

Robert Greenwald et al. Public Health Rep. 2020 Jul/Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Medicaid/Medicare; addiction; correctional facilities/prisons; health policy; hepatitis; law/legal issues.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation receives financial support from AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Gilead Sciences, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals. These contributions are for general operating and support the center’s advocacy efforts to expand access to treatment for underserved populations, including persons living with HCV infection. No specific support was provided for this article, and any conclusions reached are based on the authors’ objective analysis of the law.

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