Hepatitis C virus knowledge improves hepatitis C virus screening practices among primary care physicians

Table 9 Primary care physician identified barriers to screening for hepatitis C virus (n = 85)

Option	Count	Percent
Inconsistency in offering HCV screening as a part of pre-set health maintenance protocol, time constraints in obtaining all HCV risk factors, unawareness of screening guidelines	14	16.5
Time constraints in obtaining all HCV risk factors	12	14.1
Unawareness of screening guidelines	12	14.1
Other combinations of inconsistency in offering HCV screening as a part of pre-set health maintenance protocol, time constraints in obtaining all HCV risk factors, taboo in asking confidential and personal information as outlined in the screening questionnaire, and unawareness of screening guidelines	47	55.3

HCV: Hepatitis C virus.