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Cost-effectiveness and population outcomes of general population screening for hepatitis C.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 May 2012
Coffin Phillip O, Scott John D, Golden Matthew R, Sullivan Sean D
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BACKGROUND: Current US guidelines recommend limiting hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening to high-risk individuals, and 50%-75% of infected persons remain unaware of their status. METHODS: To estimate the cost-effectiveness and population-level impact of adding one-time HCV screening of US population aged 20-69 years to current guidelines, we developed a decision analytic model for the screening intervention and...
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