Sociodemographic trends in national ambulatory care visits for hepatitis C virus infection

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2694-2698

  Tsui, Judith I ^a   Maselli, Judith ^b   Gonzales, Ralph ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Health disparities; Health services; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRIVATE SECTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450250427     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0659-2     Document Type: Article

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