Hepatitis C treatment access and uptake for people who inject drugs: A review mapping the role of social factors

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Harris, Magdalena ^a   Rhodes, Tim ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiviral treatment; Hepatitis C; People who inject drugs; Social factors; Treatment access

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS C; HOUSING; HUMAN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESSNESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; COMPLICATION; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CRIME; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84877051941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-10-7     Document Type: Review

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