Primary Care Option for Hepatitis C Treatment Cost-Effective
Miriam E. Tucker
November 14, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC — The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) program, which trains primary care physicians to treat patients infected with hepatitis C in underserved communities, is cost-effective, a new analysis shows.
"ECHO provides resource-efficient access to care for underserved communities," John Wong, MD, from Tufts University in Boston, told Medscape Medical News.