Figure 1

Patient selection flowchart. Source: Florida Medicaid database: claims with dates of service between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 2008. 1 Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) was defined as acute, chronic, and other unspecified HCV 2 Advanced Liver Disease (ALD) was defined as decompensated cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, or liver transplant procedure/history.