Cascade of care among hepatitis B patients in Maastricht, the Netherlands, 1996 to 2018
Background & aims: There are approximately 49,000 people (0.34%) in the Netherlands with a chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. It is unclear how many are linked to care and under follow-up in hepatitis outpatient clinics. This study determined the cascade of care and identified predictors for not being linked to care and loss to follow-up in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Methods: All hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive patients between December 1, 1996 and September 30, 2018 were retrospectively identified. Results: In total, 644 HBsAg-positive patients were identified; of w... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Journal of Virus Eradication, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 100075- (2022) |
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Elsevier
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Schlagwörter: | Hepatitis B / Cascade of care / Linkage to care / Loss to follow-up / Ethnicity / The Netherlands / Microbiology / QR1-502 / Public aspects of medicine / RA1-1270 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29169652 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jve.2022.100075 |