ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014
Determinants of the availability of hepatitis C testing services in opioid treatment programs: results from a national study.
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- Insights into the spatial epidemiology of hepatitis C infection: systematic synthesis of area-level determinants and spatiotemporal analyses.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Community viral load and hepatitis C virus infection: Community viral load measures to aid public health treatment efforts and program evaluation.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2020Pooled it
- Bundling Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Testing to Increase Receipt of Test Results: A Randomized Trial.Medical care · 2020Trial
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- Linkage to hepatitis C virus care in a binational cohort study of People who inject drugs on the U.S.-Mexico border.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers' Knowledge and Opinions Toward Testing and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Rural North Carolina.Rural mental health · 2022Article
- Hepatitis C Virus Screening among Medicaid-Insured Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder across Substance Use Disorder Treatment Settings.Substance use & misuse · 2021Article
- Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Care Continuum Outcomes and HCV Community Viral Loads Among Patients in an Opioid Treatment Program.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Identification and Management of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: an Update.Current psychiatry reports · 2020Review
- High prevalence of HIV, HBsAg and anti-HCV positivity among people who injected drugs: results of the first bio-behavioral survey using respondent-driven sampling in two urban areas in Mozambique.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Contact tracing for hepatitis C: The case for novel screening strategies as we strive for viral elimination.The International journal on drug policy · 2019Article
- Opioid epidemic and liver disease.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2019Review
- Epidemiology and risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection in a high-prevalence population.Epidemiology and infection · 2018Article
- Utilization of buprenorphine and methadone among opioid users who inject drugs.Substance abuse · 2018Article
- Spillover effects of HIV testing policies: changes in HIV testing guidelines and HCV testing practices in drug treatment programs in the United States.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Hepatitis C testing in substance use disorder treatment: the role of program managers in adoption of testing services.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2016Article
- Self-Reported HIV and HCV Screening Rates and Serostatus Among Substance Abuse Treatment Patients.AIDS and behavior · 2016Article
- An international perspective on using opioid substitution treatment to improve hepatitis C prevention and care for people who inject drugs: Structural barriers and public health potential.The International journal on drug policy · 2015Article
- Correlates of HIV testing and receipt of test results in addiction health services in Los Angeles County.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined trends and organizational-level correlates of the availability of HCV testing in opioid treatment programs.
methodsWe used generalized ordered logit models to examine associations between organizational characteristics of 383 opioid treatment programs from the 2005 and 2011 National Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey and HCV testing availability.
resultsBetween 2005 and 2011, the proportion of opioid treatment programs offering HCV testing increased but largely because of increases in off-site referrals rather than on-site testing. HCV testing availability was higher in opioid treatment programs affiliated with a hospital and those receiving federal funds. Opioid treatment programs providing both methadone and buprenorphine were more likely to offer any HCV testing, whereas opioid treatment programs providing only buprenorphine treatment were less likely to offer on-site testing. HCV testing availability was associated with more favorable staff-to-client ratios.
conclusionsThe increasing use of off-site referrals for HCV testing in opioid treatment programs likely limits opportunities for case finding, prevention, and treatment. Declines in federal funding for opioid treatment programs may be a key determinant of the availability of HCV testing in opioid treatment programs.
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