Infrequent Clinical Assessment of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in United States General Healthcare Settings

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• Alternative Title:
  Clin Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Spradling, Philip R. ; Xing, Jian ; Rupp, Loralee B. ; Moorman, Anne C. ; Gordon, Stuart C. ; Teshale, Eyasu T. ; Lu, Mei ; Boscarino, Joseph A. ; Trinacty, Connie M. ; Schmidt, Mark A. ; Holmberg, Scott D.
• Corporate Authors:
  Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS) Investigators
• Description:
  Among 2338 chronic hepatitis B patients followed during 2006-2013 in the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study, 78% had ≥1 alanine aminotransferase and 37% had ≥1 hepatitis B virus DNA level assessed annually. Among cirrhotic patients, 46% never had hepatic imaging. Patients in this cohort were insufficiently monitored for disease activity and hepatocellular carcinoma.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Antiviral Agents Cohort Studies Continuity Of Patient Care Delivery Of Health Care Female Follow-Up Studies Hepatitis B, Chronic Humans Liver Cirrhosis Male Middle Aged Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Chronic Hepatitis B Clinical Assessment General Healthcare Monitoring
• Source:
  Clin Infect Dis. 63(9):1205-1208
• Pubmed ID:
  27486115
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6743315
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c562697c95c2e0655014dc4d3f9f04faecdd8d21087bea2b930712525358f9be
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134163/cdc_134163_DS1.pdf
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