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Validation of a Hepatitis C Screening Tool in Primary Care

Author(s) -

Thomas McGinn,

Nicola O’Connor-Moore,

David Alfandre,

Donald Gardenier,

Juan P. Wisnivesky

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.168.18.2009

Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis c virus , logistic regression , medicaid , hepatitis c , serology , confidence interval , receiver operating characteristic , primary care , antibody , immunology , family medicine , health care , virus , economics , economic growth

Although hepatitis C virus (HCV) has an estimated national prevalence of 1.8%, testing rates are lower than those recommended by guidelines, particularly in primary care. A critical step is the ability to identify patients at increased risk who should be screened. We sought to prospectively derive and validate a clinical predication tool to assist primary care providers in identifying patients who should be tested for HCV antibodies.

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