Improving Access to Care by Allowing Self-Referral to a Hepatitis C Clinic

BACKGROUND: Estimates suggest that more than 250,000 Canadians are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), but less than 10% have been treated. Access to specialists in Canada is usually via health care professional (HCP) referral and, therefore, may be a barrier to HCV care. However, clinics that op...

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Main Authors: Karen Doucette, Vicki Robson, Stephen Shafran, Dennis Kunimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/216903
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