Table 1.
Existing interventions to improve DAA initiation among women and priority populations of PWID, MSM, and Indigenous people and number of studies reporting each intervention in brackets.
| Interventions targeting patients | Care co-ordination (15) | Streamlined referrals (8) | To usual care (2) |
| To community (1) | |||
| Accelerated DAA initiation and on-site distribution (8) | |||
| Patient education (11) | Peer-based support (5) | ||
| Interventions targeting providers | Provider education (5) | ||
| Telemedicine (3) | |||
| Multidisciplinary teams (15) | Nurse-led care (4) | ||
| Pharmacist-led care (1) | |||
| Specialist-supported general practitioner-led care (2) | |||
| Interventions targeting the health system | DAA universal access (6) | ||
| HCV care setting (27) | Primary care-based models (5) | ||
| Secondary care (1) | |||
| Tertiary care (1) | |||
| Colocation in community setting (21) | Community centers (5) | ||
| OST centers (8) | |||
| Needle exchange services (7) | |||
| Mobile clinics (3) |
DAA, direct-acting antivirals; MSM, men who have sex with men; OST, opioid substitution therapy; PWID, people who inject drugs.