Do clinicians screen medicaid patients for syphilis or HIV when they diagnose other sexually transmitted diseases?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 723-727

  Rust, George ^a   Minor, Patrick ^a   Jordan, Neil ^b   Mayberry, Robert ^a   Satcher, David ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIANA; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; NEW JERSEY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0042384669     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000078652.66397.4C     Document Type: Article

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