Case-finding for hepatitis C in primary care: a mixed-methods service evaluation

British Journal of General Practice

Matthew Hickman¹  Shivani Datta¹  Debbie Sharp¹  Jeremy Horwood¹ 

[1]Centre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol.

关键词: evaluation research;    hepatitis C;    primary health care;    screening;   

DOI  :  10.3399/bjgp14X677112

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Royal College of General Practitioners

【 摘 要 】

Hepatitis C is often asymptomatic, presenting with liver failure and cancer decades after infection. People who inject drugs (PWID) and immigrant populations from countries with a moderate-to-high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the main risk groups. Deaths and hospital admissions due to HCV cirrhosis tripled between 1998 and 2010, but the majority of people with chronic HCV are unaware of it.

【 授权许可】

Unknown