Birth cohort‐specific consideration in an Emergency Department Hepatitis C Testing Programme: A description of age‐related characteristics and outcomes
Lauren A. Walter,
Myles Prados,
Audrey Lloyd
et al.
Abstract:The emergency department (ED) has increasingly become an important public health partner in non‐targeted hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and referral to care efforts. HCV has traditionally been an infection associated with the Baby Boomer generation; however, recent exacerbation of the opioid epidemic has resulted in a growing number of younger cohorts, namely Millennials, also impacted by HCV. Examination of this age‐related demographic shift, including subsequent linkage success and linkage barriers, from th… Show more
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