Loss to follow-up in anti-HCV-positive patients in a Brazilian regional outpatient clinic
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Loss to follow-up in anti-HCV-positive patients in a Brazilian regional outpatient clinic
Loss to follow-up (LF), which refers to patients who started care but voluntary stopped it, is a problem for patients with chronic disease. We aimed to estimate the rate of LF among patients seropositive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and identify possible demographic and lifestyle risk factors associated with LF. From January 2009 through December 2012, 1010 anti-HCV-positive patients were includ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1414-431X,0100-879X
DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20165455