Place of residence and distance to medical care influence the diagnosis of hepatitis C: A population-based study

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 499-506

  Monnet, Elisabeth ^a,b,e   Collin Naudet, Estelle ^a,b   Bresson Hadni, Solange ^a,b   Minello, Anne ^c   Di Martino, Vincent ^a   Carel, Didier ^d   Jooste, Valérie ^c   Gagnaire, Alice ^c   Evrard, Philippe ^a   Obert Clerc, Bénédicte ^a   Miguet, Jean Philippe ^a   Hillon, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c Viral Hepatitis Registry of Côte d'Or and Doubs Dijon   (France)

^d Union of Medical Insurance Centers Franche Comté Region   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

France; Health care access; Mass screening; Registry; Rural urban environment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 32544460096     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.11.044     Document Type: Article

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