{"id":6002,"date":"2024-10-02T18:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T18:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dnc-test.myddns.me\/cda-foundation\/cdafound.org\/?page_id=6002"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:25:44","slug":"relink-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dnc-test.myddns.me\/cda-foundation\/cdafound.org\/relink\/relink-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-heading-section\">Data Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cdaf-download-list\"><div class=\"wp-block-cdaf-download-list__inner\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-cdaf-download\">\n<header class=\"wp-block-cdaf-download-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-cdaf-download-header__icon-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cdaf-download-header__icon\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8751\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dnc-test.myddns.me\/cda-foundation\/cdafound.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/github_logo.svg\" width=\"150\"><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-cdaf-download-header__text\" placeholder=\"Download title\">SQL Queries for HCV Case Finding<\/h3><\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cdaf-download-description\"><p>@ Mount Sinai Health System. 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Medicina 58.4 (2022): 521.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chen, Cheng-Jen, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12876-023-02665-y\">Hepatitis C micro-elimination through the retrieval strategy of patients lost to follow-up<\/a>.&#8221;&nbsp;BMC Gastroenterology&nbsp;23.1 (2023): 1-9.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chien, Cheng-Hung, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-2607\/12\/7\/1402\">The Challenge of a Recall Program from a Community-Based Hepatitis C Screening Campaign: The Effectiveness in HCV Microelimination<\/a>.&#8221; Microorganisms 12.7 (2024): 1402.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gamkrelidze, Amiran, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/353130415_EASL_ILC_2021_Innovative_linkage_model_to_re-engage_lost-to-follow_up_individuals_in_the_national_hepatitis_C_elimination_program_of_Georgia\">Innovative linkage model to re-engage lost-to-follow-up individuals in the national hepatitis C elimination program of Georgia<\/a>.&#8221; Journal of Hepatology 75 (2021): S643-S644.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huang, Jee-Fu, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34850326\/\">Towards a safe hospital: hepatitis C in-hospital micro-elimination program (HCV-HELP study).&#8221;<\/a> Hepatology International 16.1 (2022): 59-67.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yen, Hsu-Heng, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12876-021-01792-8\">Retrieval of lost patients in the system for hepatitis C microelimination: a single-center retrospective study<\/a>.&#8221; BMC Gastroenterology 21.1 (2021): 209.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><details id=\"fluffle-dl-1-2\"   class=\"wp-block-fluffle-dl-entry\" ><summary class=\"wp-block-fluffle-dl-entry-term\" ><h3 class=\"wp-block-fluffle-dl-entry-term-text\" >Australasia<\/h3><\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-fluffle-dl-entry-description\" >\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abbott, Mielle, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39027939\/\">A pilot project harnessing surveillance system to support clinicians providing clinical care for people diagnosed with hepatitis C in Victoria, Australia, September 2021 to 31 March 2022<\/a>.&#8221; Eurosurveillance 29.29 (2024): 2400028.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacob, Rachael, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36050826\/\">Routine screening of emergency admissions at risk of chronic hepatitis (SEARCH) identifies and links hepatitis B cases to care<\/a>.&#8221; Liver International 43.1 (2023): 60-68.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White, Lauren, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC6583569\/\">Facilitating treatment of HCV in primary care in regional Australia: closing the access gap<\/a>.&#8221;&nbsp;Frontline Gastroenterology&nbsp;10.3 (2019): 210-216.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><details id=\"fluffle-dl-1-3\"   class=\"wp-block-fluffle-dl-entry\" ><summary class=\"wp-block-fluffle-dl-entry-term\" ><h3 class=\"wp-block-fluffle-dl-entry-term-text\" >Europe<\/h3><\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-fluffle-dl-entry-description\" >\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abergel, Armand, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.postersessiononline.eu\/173580348_eu\/congresos\/ILC2021\/aula\/-PO_785_ILC2021.pdf\">RECONVOCC: Can we reconvene chronic hepatitis C patients who were lost to follow-up?.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/a>Journal of Hepatology. 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Klemt-Kropp. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/hmap.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s41124-018-0032-9\">Re-evaluation of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C patients lost to follow-up: results of the Northern Holland hepatitis retrieval project<\/a>.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Hepatology, Medicine and Policy<\/em>&nbsp;3.1 (2018): 1-6.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burgui, Cristina, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32515981\/\">Recapture of patients with an incomplete diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection<\/a>.&#8221; Revista Espanola de Enfermadades Digestivas (REED) 112.7 (2020): 525-532.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Campos-Gonzaga L, et al. Identification of Patients Diagnosed with HCV But Not&nbsp; Seen by Specialists: Review of patients diagnosed with HCV and not followed up with specialists from 2006-2021 in Jerez, Cadiz, Spain. GEHEP 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chelouah S, et al. Recall of HCV Patients in a Psychiatry Hospital by Non-Specialist Prescribers: Retrospective study to evaluate screening test and treat strategy. AFEF 2022.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diaz Munoz R, et al.&nbsp; Search for Active Patients with HCV: Retrospective review of medical records of patients from 2017 to 2021. AEEH 2023.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dimmendaal, M., et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31391325\/\">Retrieval of chronic hepatitis B patients in the Utrecht region in the Netherlands.<\/a>&#8221; The Netherlands Journal of Medicine 77.6 (2019): 199-203.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr\u00f6se, Sandra, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/q0rjfvmznkh2m8dtlt6vn\/Dr-se-2023-Retrieval-of-patients-with-hepatitis-C-who-were-lost-to-follow-up-in-Southern-Denmark.pdf?rlkey=719qmve7noa9t68ls56zopi3u&amp;dl=0\">Retrieval of patients with hepatitis C who were lost to follow-up in Southern Denmark<\/a>.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Infectious Diseases<\/em>&nbsp;55.5 (2023): 361-369.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Etoori, David, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s12889-024-19919-3\">Results from a retrospective case finding and re-engagement exercise for people previously diagnosed with hepatitis C virus to increase uptake of directly acting antiviral treatment<\/a>.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>BMC Public Health<\/em>&nbsp;24.1 (2024): 2427.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feliu\u2010Prius, Anna, et al. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/ln2ikf93kbzrj19i3u5js\/Feliu-Prius-2023-Assessing-the-rate-of-non-linkage-to-care-and-identifying-barriers-in-individuals-living-with-hepatitis-B.-Results-of-the-LINK-B-study.pdf?rlkey=4rmbmdwmddgw4vuj8kxqzelru&amp;dl=0\">Assessing the rate of non\u2010linkage to care and identifying barriers in individuals living with hepatitis B. Results of the LINK\u2010B study<\/a>.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Liver International<\/em>&nbsp;(2023).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freyre Carrillo C, et al. Search for Lost Patients Without HCV Diagnosis . Review of patients with positive HCV antibodies but without confirmatory RNA testing from 2011-2020 GEHEP 2022. P42<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gao-Du, Y., S. Brocklesby, and L. Corless. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journal-of-hepatology.eu\/article\/S0168-8278(18)30872-9\/abstract\">Case finding can successfully re-engage persons lost to follow-up and increase treatment rates in hepatitis C virus services<\/a>.&#8221; Journal of Hepatology 68 (2018): S326-S327.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grande G, et al. Recovering Lost HCV Patients in the System: Locating and recovering HCV patients previously lost at the Hospital Regional Universitario de M\u00e1laga. 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Effectiveness of ReLinking HCV RNA+ Patients to&nbsp; Care Through Regional Hospitals AASLD 2022. 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