The impact of methadone maintenance therapy on access to regular physician care regarding hepatitis C among people who inject drugs.

BACKGROUND & AIMS:People who inject drugs (PWID) living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection often experience barriers to accessing HCV treatment and care. New, safer and more effective direct-acting antiviral-based therapies offer an opportunity to scale-up HCV-related services. Methadone mai...

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Main Authors: Lianping Ti, María Eugenia Socías, Evan Wood, M-J Milloy, Ekaterina Nosova, Kora DeBeck, Thomas Kerr, Kanna Hayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5868786?pdf=render