Open AccessExperience in the treatment of hepatitis C with direct-acting antivirals in a foreign population in a high-immigration area
Author(s) -
Matías Estévez-Escobar,
Marta Casado-Martín,
Isabel Moreno-Moraleda,
Teresa Jordán-Madrid,
Carolina Molina-Maldonado,
Cristina Viñolo-Ubiña,
Almudena Porcel-Martín
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2021.7830/2021
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , epidemiology , immigration , population , hepatitis c , demography , health care , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health , archaeology , sociology , economics , history , economic growth
immigrants from areas of high endemicity for hepatitis C represent a relevant risk group. The goal of this study was to analyze the characteristics of these patients in a high-immigration health care area, and to analyze the impact of promoting diagnosis and referral by means of training sessions in the primary care setting.