Hepatitis C virus notification rates in Australia are highest in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor access to health services is a significant barrier to achieving the World Health Organization's hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination targets. We demonstrate how geospatial analysis can be performed with commonly available data to identify areas with the greatest unmet demand for HCV services.

Methods

We performed an Australia-wide cross-sectional analysis of 2015 HCV notification rates using local government areas (LGAs) as our unit of analysis. A zero-inflated negative binomial regression was used to determine associations between notification rates and socioeconomic/demographic factors, health service and geographic remoteness area (RA) classification variables. Additionally, component scores were extracted from a principal component analysis (PCA) of the he

SUBMITTER: Hainsworth SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6005510 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature