Jason Grebely

Aug 27, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Marianne Byrne |Hannah Ryan |Gregory J. Dore |Jason Grebely

DAA direct-acting antiviral HCV hepatitis C virus IDU injecting drug use ITT intention-to-treat NSP Needles Syringe Programs OAT opioid agonist therapy PP per-protocol PWID people who inject drugs SToP-C study the Surveillance and Treatment of Prisoners with hepatitis C study SVR sustained virological response Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a curable, bloodborne virus that causes inflammation of the liver and progressive liver damage, is more prevalent in prisons where unsafe drug injecting...

Feb 25, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Anh Tran |Jason Grebely |Mark Chambers |Louisa Degenhardt

Examined utility-based quality of life for sub-populations of people who use opioids. Models examined demographics, substance use and opioid agonist treatment. Lifetime and current opioid agonist treatment associated with reduced utility. Recent pharmaceutical opioid and benzodiazepine use associated with reduced utility. Extensive sets of health utilities allows detailed economic analyses.

Nov 7, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Marianne Byrne |Behzad Hajarizadeh |Joanne Carson |Jason Grebely

1 INTRODUCTION Injecting drug use is the primary mode of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission across the world, particularly in high-income countries.1, 2 People who inject drugs are over-represented in prisons in most countries, primarily for drug-related offences,3 with an estimated 58% of people who inject drugs having an incarceration history globally.4 People in prison are at increased risk of HCV infection given high prevalence of injecting drug use and limited access to harm reduction...

Jun 9, 2023 | implementationscience.biomedcentral.com | Anna Conway |Alison D. Marshall |Sione Crawford |Jeremy Hayllar |Jason Grebely |Carla Treloar

This analysis explores variation in how OAT providers relate their work in deimplementation to concepts of social inequity in health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews were conducted with 29 OAT providers in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory (59% doctors, 31% nurses, 10% service managers; average number of years working in OAT was 11).

Mar 27, 2023 | thelancet.com | Samantha Colledge-Frisby |Sophie Ottaviano |Paige Webb |Jason Grebely

Exploring reasons for changes in service provision between the previous 2017 review and the current reviewChange in coverage due to policy or funding changesOur findings indicate that, in some countries, there have been both improvements and reductions in service provision that reflect changes in service coverage estimations between reviews.