The effect of spatial variation on linkage to care and treatment rates among patients with hepatitis C: A Canadian population-based study
HCV prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment exhibit significant spatial variation across rural-urban Alberta. Implementation of geographically oriented screening and treatment interventions would result in a time- and cost-efficient HCV elimination strategy.
Authors
- Stefania Bertazzon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1292-5348)
- Ranjani Somayaji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3731-9675)
- Jason Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8376-0619)
- Jawad Chishtie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8650-4469)
- Rizwan Shahid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1958-8866)
- Mayur Brahmania (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4671-1479)
- Stephanie Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4722-1009)
- Abdel Aziz Shaheen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2940-897X)
Institutions
- University of Calgary (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Liver Journal
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3138/canlivj-2024-0031
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00