A descriptive model of patient readiness, motivators, and hepatitis C treatment uptake among Australian prisoners

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A descriptive model of patient readiness, motivators, and hepatitis C treatment uptake among Australian prisoners

Background: Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) has a significant global health burden with an estimated 2%–3% of the world's population infected, and more than 350,000 dying annually from HCV-related conditions including liver failure and liver cancer. Prisons potentially offer a relatively stab...

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Main Authors:	Yap, L., Carruthers, Susan, Thompson, S., Cheng, W., Jones, J., Simpson, P., Richards, A., Thein, H., Haber, P., Lloyd, A., Butler, Tony
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27266

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