The British Columbia Hepatitis Testers Cohort (BC-HTC) is a dynamic cohort including all individuals who were tested for hepatitis C or HIV, or diagnosed with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV or active tuberculosis since 1990.
The cohort data is linked with corresponding data on medical visits, hospitalizations, cancers, prescription drugs, and death records. Various datasets in the BC-HTC data are updated on 6 months to biannual basis.
The overall purpose of the BC-HTC is to monitor disease burden related to hepatitis and associated infections and social conditions, evaluate impact of interventions, and monitor hepatitis program progress to inform policy and programming in British Columbia and Canada.
