HIV testing of commercially insured patients diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-46

  Tao, Guoyu ^a   Zhang, Christop X ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS LOAD; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39649102603     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318148c35a     Document Type: Article

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