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Study finds troubling trends in hepatitis C screening, diagnosis and referral

o help guide treatment. This often leads to specialized treatment by those with advanced training in liver disease. For example, Lok is leading a major national study of a combination therapy that uses a new form of interferon and an antiviral drug.

So, the question of why only 57 percent of hepatitis C-infected patients in the study were referred to specialists puzzles Lok and her colleagues. They plan to look at the question prospectively, to see if race, gender, medical, insurance or other factors are at work.

They also hope to explore ways to add screening questions about hepatitis C risk factors to the questionnaires that patients in primary care clinics are often asked to fill out when they arrive, or to find ways to use technology to make that process more efficient.

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Contact: Kara Gavin
kegavin@umich.edu
734-764-2220
University of Michigan Health System
20-May-2001

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