Hospital-Based Hepatitis C Screening of Baby Boomers in a Majority Hispanic South Texas Cohort: Successes and Barriers to Implementation.

CONCLUSION: The prevalence of anti-HCV-positive and chronically HCV-infected patients was higher than many Hispanic or non-Hispanic white cohorts. Most Hispanic patients newly diagnosed with chronic HCV had barriers to care for HCV infection that must be overcome if HCV screening is to reduce morbidity and mortality in this population. PMID: 27168665 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168665?dopt=Abstract

Source: Public Health Reports - May 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research