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Table 1 – Patient retrieval strategies for patients with no registry of SVR and the success of each strategy

From: Retrieval of HCV patients lost to follow-up as a strategy for Hepatitis C Microelimination: results of a Brazilian multicentre study

 

Total

Phone calls

SMS

Whatsapp

Mail

Number of contact attempts

21,013

18,949

1368

361

335

Effective contact attempts

3559

3470

26

39

24

Callback rates (%)

17%

18%

2%

11%

7%

Contact feedback

1818

1758

26

17

24

Dead or transplanted

234

228

4

2

0

Accepted appointment

940

890

19

7

24

Treated elsewhere

454

450

3

1

0

Undergoing evaluation or treatment

106

106

0

0

0

Not willing to be contacted

84

84

0

7

0