Clinical pathways for patients with newly diagnosed hepatitis C - What actually happens

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 264-271

  Irving, W L ^a,b   Smith, S ^a   Cater, R ^a   Pugh, S ^b   Neal, K R ^a   Coupland, C A C ^a   Ryder, S D ^b   Thomson, B J ^a   Pringle, M ^a   Bicknell, M ^a   Hippisley Cox, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care pathways; Diagnosis and management; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645087371     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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