A 'one-stop-shop'point-of-care hepatitis C RNA testing intervention to enhance treatment uptake in a reception prison: the PIVOT study

Y Sheehan, EB Cunningham, A Cochrane, M Byrne… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Prisons are key venues for scaling-up hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing
and treatment. Complex clinical pathways and frequent movements of people in prison …

Optimizing point-of-care testing strategies for diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in Australia: a model-based cost-effectiveness analysis

STF Shih, Q Cheng, J Carson, H Valerio… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Timely diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is critical to achieve
elimination goals. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of point-of-care testing …

The importance of prisons in achieving hepatitis C elimination: insights from the Australian experience

RJ Winter, JA Holmes, TJ Papaluca, AJ Thompson - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Following the availability of highly effective direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) to treat hepatitis C
infection, the uptake of treatment by people living with hepatitis C rose dramatically in high …

Care navigation increases initiation of hepatitis C treatment after release from prison in a prospective randomized controlled trial: the C-LINK Study

T Papaluca, A Craigie, L McDonald… - Open Forum …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Prison-based hepatitis C treatment is safe and effective; however, many
individuals are released untreated due to time or resource constraints. On community re …

Contribution of prison-based hepatitis C treatment initiations to overall treatment uptake in Victoria, Australia

S Griffin, AL Wilkinson, R Winter… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Australia has committed to WHO goals to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a public health
threat by 2030. 1 People in prison remain a priority for hepatitis C elimination due to high …

Finding cases of hepatitis C for treatment using automated screening in the emergency department is effective, but what is the cost?

DS Prince, JD Girolamo, JL Pipicella… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Case detection remains a major challenge for hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination. We have
previously published results from a pilot of an emergency department (ED) semiautomated …

A modelling analysis of financial incentives for hepatitis C testing and treatment uptake delivered through a community‐based testing campaign

AY Palmer, K Chan, J Gold, C Layton… - Journal of Viral …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Financial incentives may reduce opportunity costs associated with people who become lost
to follow‐up in hepatitis C treatment programs. We estimated the impact that different …

[PDF][PDF] The importance of prisons in achieving hepatitis C elimination: insights from the Australian experience. Viruses. 2022; 14: 497

RJ Winter, JA Holmes, TJ Papaluca, AJ Thompson - 2022 - minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au
Following the availability of highly effective direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) to treat hepatitis C
infection, the uptake of treatment by people living with hepatitis C rose dramatically in high …

[HTML][HTML] Cost of providing co-located hepatitis C treatment at a syringe service program exceeds potential reimbursement: Results from a clinical trial

SN Kapadia, BJ Eckhardt, JA Leff, C Fong… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Co-located hepatitis C treatment at syringe service programs (SSP) is an
emerging model of care for people who inject drugs (PWID). Implementation of these models …

Association Between Time to First RNA-Negative Test Result Among People With Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Homelessness or Testing at a Correctional or …

MS Moore, A Bocour - Public Health Reports, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Curative treatments for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are available, but access
and barriers to treatment can delay initiation. We investigated the time to first negative RNA …