HCV screening, linkage to care, and treatment patterns at different sites across one academic medical center.
Paul CalnerHeather SperringGlorimar Ruiz-MercadoNancy S MillerChris AndryLeandra BattistiKaty ScrudderFiona SheaAngelica ChanElissa M Schechter-PerkinsPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Among sites there were differences in the sociodemographic characteristics of patients diagnosed with HCV, as well as differences in the success linking patients to outpatient care. At this medical center, the ED screened the most patients, the inpatient area had the highest RNA positivity rate, the FM clinic had the highest linkage rate, GIM linked the most patients by absolute number, and GIM also had the highest number of patients start treatment.
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