A systematic review and meta-analysis of community and primary-care-based hepatitis C testing and treatment services that employ direct acting antiviral drug treatments

Radley, Andrew; Robinson, Emma; Aspinall, Esther; Angus, Kathryn; Tan, Lex; Dillon, John

doi:10.1186/s12913-019-4635-7

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of community and primary-care-based hepatitis C testing and treatment services that employ direct acting antiviral drug treatments

Published in BMC Health Services Research • Oct 28, 2019

Authors:

Andrew Radley

Emma Robinson

Esther Aspinall

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Direct Acting Antiviral (DAAs) drugs have a much lower burden of treatment and monitoring requirements than regimens containing interferon and ribavirin, and a much higher efficacy in treating hepatitis C (HCV). These characteristics mean that initiating treatment and obtaining a virolog...

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