Implementing an HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening Program in an Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 564-572

  Silva, Abigail ^a   Glick, Nancy R ^a   Lyss, Sheryl B ^b   Hutchinson, Angela B ^b   Gift, Thomas L ^b   Pealer, Lisa N ^b,c   Broussard, Dawn ^d   Whitman, Steven ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHICAGO; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34247168468     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.028     Document Type: Article

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