Estimating the cost-effectiveness of detecting cases of chronic hepatitis C infection on reception into prison

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In England and Wales where less than 1% of the population are Injecting drug users (IDUs), 97% of HCV reports are attributed to injecting drug use. As over 60% of the IDU population will have been imprisoned by the age of 30 years, p...

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Main Authors: Edmunds W John, Sutton Andrew J, Gill O Noel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-06-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/6/170