HIV testing and referral to care in U.S. Hospitals prior to 2006: Results from a national survey

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-408

  Torres, Gretchen Williams ^a   Yonek, Juliet ^a   Pickreign, Jeremy ^a,b   Whitmore, Heidi ^a,b   Hasnain Wynia, Romana ^a,c  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INPATIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149118995     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400309     Document Type: Article

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