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Table 4 Health Status in Phase 2 subjects who reported previous positive HCV test in Phase 1

From: ‘HepCheck Dublin’: an intensified hepatitis C screening programme in a homeless population demonstrates the need for alternative models of care

 

n = 48

Self-rated health

 

 Good to excellent

14 (29%)

 Fair to poor

33 (69%)

 Health worse than one year ago

21 (44%)

Service usage

 No medical card

18 (38%)

 Not registered with a GP

14 (29%)

 Attended ED in past six months

31 (65%)

Medications

 On prescription medication

37 (77%)

Drug use and addiction

 Illicit drug use in the past 30 days

  Heroin

34 (71%)

  Benzodiazepines

23 (48%)

  Crack cocaine

11 (23%)

  Other

10 (21%)

 Age of first IV drug use (N = 44)

   < 12 years

1 (2%)

  12–14 years

6 (14%)

  14–16 years

7 (16%)

  16–18 years

5 (11%)

  18–21 years

8 (18%)

  21 and over

17 (39%)

Ever shared needles

20 (42%)

Currently attending drug treatment centre

32 (67%)

  1. ED Emergency Department, IV Intravenous, GP General Practitioner