Patient risks, outcomes, and costs of voluntary HIV testing at five testing sites within a medical center

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 608-617

  Mehta, Supriya D ^a   Hall, Jonathan ^b   Greenwald, Jeffrey L ^c   Cranston, Kevin ^d   Skolnik, Paul R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL BIOPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VENOUS BLOOD; WESTERN BLOTTING; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 56149118385     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300511     Document Type: Article

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