Characteristics and Specialist Linkage to Care of Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Hepatitis C Across Different Settings in an Urban Academic Hospital: Implications for Improving Diagnosis and Linkage to Care

Characteristics and Specialist Linkage to Care of Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Hepatitis C Across Different Settings in an Urban Academic Hospital: Implications for Improving Diagnosis and Linkage to Care

IntroductionChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant public health problem. Strategies to identify more HCV infections and improve linkage to care (LTC) are needed. We compared characteristics, treatment and LTC among chronic HCV patients in different health care settings.MethodsNe...

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Main Authors: Dan C. S. Im, Susheel Reddy, Claudia Hawkins, Shannon Galvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
chronic hepatitis C
linkage to care
screening
hepatitis
hepatitis (C) virus
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.576357/full

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