TY - JOUR
KW - Europe
KW - Health Services Accessibility
KW - Health Services Needs and Demand
KW - Hepatitis C, Chronic/complications/diagnosis/drug therapy
KW - Humans
KW - Models, Theoretical
KW - Needs Assessment
KW - Opioid-Related Disorders/complications/drug therapy
KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic
AU - N. Wright
AU - J. Reimer
AU - L. Somaini
AU - C. Roncero
AU - I. Maremmani
AU - N. Simon
AU - P. Krajci
AU - R. Littlewood
AU - O. D'Agnone
AU - H. Alho
AU - B. Rolland
A1 - 
AB - Individuals with a history of injecting drugs have a high prevalence of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Many have a history of opioid use disorder (OUD). Despite novel treatments with improved efficacy and tolerability, treatment is limited in the group. A faculty of experts shared insights from clinical practice to develop an HCV care-readiness model. Evidence and expert knowledge was collected. Ten experts developed a model of three factors (with measures): 'healthcare engagement', 'guidance' and 'place'. Overall, 40-90% of individuals with OUD engage with drug treatment services. Ten of 12 HCV guidelines provided specific advice for the OUD population. Ten of 12 OUD care guidelines provided useful HCV care advice. In 11 of 12 cases, location of HCV/drug treatment care was in different places. This readiness assessment shows that there are important limitations to successful HCV care in OUD. Specific actions should be taken: maintain/increase access to OUD treatment services/opioid agonist therapy, updating HCV guidance, locate care in the same place and allow wider prescribing of anti HCV medicines.
AD - aTransform Research Alliance, Huddersfield University, Huddersfield bApplied Strategic, London cFaculty of Medical and Human Sciences, Institute of Brain Behaviour and Mental Health, Manchester, UK dDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany eAddiction Treatment Centre, Biella fDepartment of Psychiatry, Santa Chiara University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy gDepartment of Addiction Medicine, University Hospital of Lille, Lille hPharmacology, University Hospital of Lille, Lille iDepartment of Adult Psychiatry and Clinical Pharmacology, Public Assistance Marseillie Hospital, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, France jDepartment of Psychiatry, Addiction and Dual Diagnosis Unit, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Biomedical Research Center Network of Mental Health, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain kDepartment of Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway lAbdominal Center, Department of Medicine, University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
BT - European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 11
CY - England
DO - 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000962
IS - 11
JF - European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - Individuals with a history of injecting drugs have a high prevalence of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Many have a history of opioid use disorder (OUD). Despite novel treatments with improved efficacy and tolerability, treatment is limited in the group. A faculty of experts shared insights from clinical practice to develop an HCV care-readiness model. Evidence and expert knowledge was collected. Ten experts developed a model of three factors (with measures): 'healthcare engagement', 'guidance' and 'place'. Overall, 40-90% of individuals with OUD engage with drug treatment services. Ten of 12 HCV guidelines provided specific advice for the OUD population. Ten of 12 OUD care guidelines provided useful HCV care advice. In 11 of 12 cases, location of HCV/drug treatment care was in different places. This readiness assessment shows that there are important limitations to successful HCV care in OUD. Specific actions should be taken: maintain/increase access to OUD treatment services/opioid agonist therapy, updating HCV guidance, locate care in the same place and allow wider prescribing of anti HCV medicines.
PP - England
PY - 2017
SN - 1473-5687; 0954-691X
SP - 1206
EP - 1214
EP - 
T1 - Are we ready to treat hepatitis C virus in individuals with opioid use disorder: assessment of readiness in European countries on the basis of an expert-generated model
T2 - European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
TI - Are we ready to treat hepatitis C virus in individuals with opioid use disorder: assessment of readiness in European countries on the basis of an expert-generated model
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 28914697
U3 - 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000962
VL - 29
VO - 1473-5687; 0954-691X
Y1 - 2017
Y2 - Nov
ER -