Screening for Hepatitis C in injecting drug users: a cost utility analysis
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Screening for Hepatitis C in injecting drug users: a cost utility analysis.
BACKGROUND Hepatitis C is a major public health problem of increasing importance among injecting drug users, among whom screening has been proposed. We therefore estimated the cost utility of screening for hepatitis C infection among people with a history of injecting drug use in contact with drug misuse services. METHODS A spreadsheet-based model of screening using ELISA followed by polymera...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1741-3842,1741-3850
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdh109