HCP Live May 17, 2024
Patients who missed their initial HCV treatment appointment had greater housing instability, transportation difficulty, and a history of medication non-adherence.
Findings from a recent study are providing clinicians with an overview of factors impacting successful linkage to outpatient hepatitis C virus (HCV) care and causing patients to fall off of the care cascade.1
Results of the case-control retrospective chart review showed patients who missed their initial scheduled infectious disease clinic appointment for HCV treatment had greater rates of housing instability, transportation difficulties, and medication non-adherence compared to patients who attended their first treatment appointment.1
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 50 million people have chronic hepatitis C virus infection globally. In 2016, the WHO Global Health Sector...
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