A descriptive model of patient readiness, motivators, and hepatitis C treatment uptake among Australian prisoners.

<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) has a significant global health burden with an estimated 2%-3% of the world's population infected, and more than 350,000 dying annually from HCV-related conditions including liver failure and liver cancer. Prisons potentially offe...

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Main Authors: Lorraine Yap, Susan Carruthers, Sandra Thompson, Wendy Cheng, Jocelyn Jones, Paul Simpson, Alun Richards, Hla-Hla Thein, Paul Haber, Andrew Lloyd, Tony Butler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24586281/?tool=EBI