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Background: The goal of the C-Free-South project is to eliminate hepatitis C (HCV) in the Region of Southern Denmark (1.2 million inhabitants). One target group consists of people with HCV who had received care but were lost to follow-up. The study aim was to evaluate program efficacy in locating these patients and getting them into care.
Methods: Patients were contacted if they were HCV-RNA positive and age 18+ years, registered in the clinical hepatitis database as of November 1, 2019, and had no scheduled HCV-related appointment. They were contacted at 2-month intervals by phone or letter. For patients who did not respond, we asked their general practitioner to refer them, if possible.
Results: We identified 69 (7%) patients in the database who were listed as untreated and not being followed up. We successfully contacted 54 (78%), and the remaining 15 (22%) did not respond to our contacts. To date, 45 (65%) had initiated treatment, one (1%) had rejected treatment, and eight (12%) did not show up to their appointments. Among those receiving treatment, 20 (44%) responded after the first contact, 18 (40%) after the second contact, and 7 (16%) after informing the general practitioner.
Conclusion: An intensified and persistent effort made it possible to reach most HCV patients lost to follow-up. All new contact attempts increased the possibility that patients would receive treatment. Nevertheless, 22% of HCV patients lost to follow-up did not respond to repeated contact attempts.
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