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Screening for hepatitis C virus a systematic review and meta-analysis -- project protocol

This project will involve a systematic review of published research evidence on the clinical effectiveness, harms, cost-effectiveness, and associated patient preferences and values of screening for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in asymptomatic non-pregnant adults; as well as of the diagn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Williams, D., Pitre, Elizabeth (Author), Ford, Caitlyn (Author), Polisena, Julie (Author)
Corporate Author: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ottawa, Ontario Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health December 2015, 2015
Series:CADTH health technology assessment
Subjects:
Canada
Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay
Hepatitis C / Diagnosis
Early Diagnosis
Hepatitis C / Therapy
Cost-benefit Analysis
Treatment Outcome
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This project will involve a systematic review of published research evidence on the clinical effectiveness, harms, cost-effectiveness, and associated patient preferences and values of screening for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in asymptomatic non-pregnant adults; as well as of the diagnostic test accuracy of one screening test available in Canada, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) version 3.0 test, compared with the reference standard PCR test, for detecting HCV infection in the same population
Item Description:"December 2015.". - "PROSPERO Registration Number: CRD42015029568."
Physical Description:1 PDF file (i, 50 pages) illustrations

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