Innovative Approaches to Engaging Homeless and Marginally Housed Patients in Care: a Case Study of Hepatitis C.
Jennifer ContiEileen DrydenB Graeme FinckeShawn DunlapD Keith McInnesPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2022)
Despite highly effective, widely available HCV treatments, HAMH individuals continue to experience challenges accessing HCV care. VHA's 2016 HCV funding allocation resulted in rapid adoption of strategies to engage and retain vulnerable patients in HCV treatment. The strategies identified here can help healthcare institutions tailor and target approaches to provide sustainable, high-quality, equitable care to HAMH individuals living with HCV and other chronic illnesses.