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Many hepatitis C virus-positive individuals lack health insurance
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 7th, 2005
According to recent research from the United States, "there are no published data on the health insurance status of HCV-positive individuals. To address this issue, we analyzed data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)."
"Study: Individuals 18 years of age and older who participated in NHANES III were included in the study. We determined the rates of health insurance coverage according to HCV status. We also determined healthcare status and health service utilization according to health insurance status among HCV-positive persons," said...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2005-11-07)
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