Engagement in the hepatitis C care cascade among homeless veterans, 2015

Public Health Reports

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 136-139

  Noska, Amanda J ^a   Belperio, Pamela S ^b   Loomis, Timothy P ^b   O’Toole, Thomas P ^a   Backus, Lisa I ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Homeless; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; DISEASE REGISTRY; HOMELESS PERSON; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINED VIROLOGIC RESPONSE; VETERANS HEALTH; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VETERAN;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 85026300921     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033354916689610     Document Type: Article

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