Guideline-concordant hepatitis C virus testing and notification among patients with and without mental disorders

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 495-500

  Kilbourne, Amy M ^a,b   McCarthy, John F ^a,b   Himelhoch, Seth ^c   Welsh, Deborah ^a   Hauser, Peter ^d   Blow, Frederic C ^a,b  

^a VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guideline concordant care; Hepatitis C; Mental disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING TEST; VETERAN; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 54349115137     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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