Cost-Effectiveness of One-Time Hepatitis C Screening Strategies Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Primary Care Settings
Author(s) -
Sabrina A. Assoumou,
Abriana Tasillo,
Jared A. Leff,
Bruce R. Schackman,
MariLynn Draii,
C. Robert Horsburgh,
M. Anita Barry,
Craig Regis,
Arthur Y. Kim,
Alison D. Marshall,
Sheel Saxena,
Peter Smith,
Benjamin P. Linas
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix798
Subject(s) - medicine , primary care , hepatitis c , young adult , cost effectiveness , medline , pediatrics , family medicine , gerontology , political science , law , risk analysis (engineering)
High hepatitis C virus (HCV) rates have been reported in young people who inject drugs (PWID). We evaluated the clinical benefit and cost-effectiveness of testing among youth seen in communities with a high overall number of reported HCV cases.
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