About the Authors

Harriet Ho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

harrietho@alumni.ubc.ca

Affiliation The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Naveed Z. Janjua

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Kimberlyn M. McGrail

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mark Harrison

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort Team

Membership of the BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort Team is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michael R. Law

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Harriet Ho is now an employee at Analysis Group, Inc.; Michael Law has consulted for Health Canada, the Hospital Employees’ Union, the Conference Board of Canada, and provided expert witness testimony for the the Attorney General of Canada and the Federation of Post-secondary Educators. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.