Effectiveness of periodic incentives on clinic attendance and hepatitis C testing and treatment for people who inject drugs: A five-year retrospective program evaluation
Integrating financial incentives into routine service delivery may be an effective strategy to increase clinic attendance and HCV testing among PWID. Further research is needed on optimising financial incentives for HCV treatment initiation.
Authors
- Sally Woodward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8805-5484)
- Adrian Dunlop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2394-5966)
- Annette Slater
- Christophe Lecathelinais (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8931-473X)
- Melanie Kingsland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4744-8465)
- Benjamin Moran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6515-6722)
- Judith Byaruhanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0382-1552)
- Joanna Mesure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7833-8237)
- Alison D. Marshall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7476-7894)
- Danika Tremain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0749-3958)
- Jason Grebely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1833-2017)
- Nathan Ryder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2050-0155)
- Carly Mallise
- Kate Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5436-4980)
- Margot Lindsay
- Jodi Tyne
Institutions
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Hunter New England Local Health District (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Drug Policy
- Published
- 2025-06-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104868
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- NSW Health