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Associations between national viral hepatitis
                policies/programmes and country-level socioeconomic factors: a
                sub-analysis of data from the 2013 WHO viral hepatitis policy
                report

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BACKGROUND: As more countries worldwide develop national viral
                hepatitis strategies, it is important to ask whether
                context-specific factors affect their decision-making. This
                study aimed to determine whether country-level socioeconomic
                factors are associated with viral hepatitis programmes and
                policy responses across WHO Member States (MS). METHODS: WHO MS
                focal points completed a questionnaire on national viral
                hepatitis policies. This secondary analysis of data reported in
                the 2013 Global Policy Report on the Prevention and Control of
                Viral Hepatitis in WHO Member States used logistic regression to
                examine associations between four survey questions and four
                socioeconomic factors: country income level, Human Development
                Index (HDI), health expenditure and physician density. RESULTS:
                This analysis included 119 MS. MS were more likely to have
                routine viral hepatitis surveillance and to have a national
                strategy and/or policy/guidelines for preventing infection in
                healthcare settings if they were in the higher binary categories
                for income level, HDI, health expenditure and physician density.
                In multivariable analyses, the only significant finding was a
                positive association between having routine surveillance and
                being in the higher binary HDI category (adjusted odds ratio 26;
                95% confidence interval 2.0-340). CONCLUSION: Countries with
                differing socioeconomic status indicators did not appear to
                differ greatly regarding the existence of key national policies
                and programmes. A more nuanced understanding of the multifaceted
                interactions of socioeconomic factors, health policy, service
                delivery and health outcomes is needed to support country-level
                efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis.

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Associations between national viral hepatitis
                policies/programmes and country-level socioeconomic factors: a
                sub-analysis of data from the 2013 WHO viral hepatitis policy
                report