Missed opportunities for hepatitis C treatment at a tertiary care hospital in South Australia

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

Total number of patients	131
Age, yr	47.75 ± 1.08
Gender, n (%)
Male	90 (69)
Female	41 (31)
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, n (%)	17 (13)
Presence of cirrhosis, n (%)
Cirrhosis	9 (6.9)
No clinical evidence of cirrhosis	122 (93.1)
New diagnosis of HCV, n (%)
Yes	10 (7.6)
No	121 (92.4)
Unit of admission, n (%)
Medical	41 (31)
Surgical	37 (28)
Mental health	38 (29)
Emergency department	15 (11)
Referral for DAA treatment, n (%)
Yes	32 (24.4)
No	99 (75.6)
Outcome after referral, n (%)
Attendance at specialist clinic	14 (10.6)
Initiation of DAA treatment	13 (9.9)
Achievement of SVR12	8 (6.1)

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; DAA: Direct acting anti-viral.