The Case for Hospitalists: Effectiveness
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HBV screening and vaccination are not done, in part because of the cost involved, as reflected in a recent report of the experience of 14 Boston community health centers. In these centers only 2 (1.1 percent) of 178 such susceptible patients received vaccine.6 Gjerdingen has shown that a practice-based community intervention can make a real difference. I hope that others in similar settings will take the leadership to do the same.
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