Research Article
Treatment Outcomes of Hepatitis C-Infected Patients in Specialty Clinic vs. Primary Care Physician Clinic: A Comparative Analysis
Table 3
Prior hepatitis C treatment regimens for patients treated in GI vs. PCP clinic.
| Prior treatment | GI clinic (noncirrhotic) Group-1 () | PCP clinic (noncirrhotic) Group-2 () | value |
| Treatment naïve, (%) | 149 (77.60) | 172 (92.97) | <0.01 | Previous treatment, (%) | 43 (22.40) | 13 (7.03) | | Interferon+ribavirin | 33 (17.19) | 11 (5.95) | <0.01 | PEG/ribavirin/boceprevir | 5 (2.60) | 1 (0.54) | | Harvoni & ribavirin | 4 (2.08) | 0 | | Viekira Pak+ribavirin | 0 | 1 (0.54) | | Interferon | 1 (0.52) | 0 | |
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Abbreviations: GI: gastroenterology; PCP: primary care physician; PEG: pegylated interferon alpha.
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