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Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic
Loaded on May 15, 2004
by John E Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2004, page 1
Prisons Nationwide Fail To Treat HCV Epidemic
Filed under:
CMS,
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Hepatitis.
Locations:
California,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Montana,
Nebraska,
New Jersey,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania.
by John E. Dannenberg
The JeopardyTM answer is: "The national average treatment rate for HCV-infected prisoners." The winning question is: "What is approximately 1%?"
With HCV [Hepatitis-C] infection rates in state prisons nationwide estimated at between 16 and 41%, state prisoners account for …
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