Costs and effectiveness of partner counseling and referral services with rapid testing for hiv in colorado and louisiana, united states

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 637-641

  Shrestha, Ram K ^a   Begley, Elin B ^a   Hutchinson, Angela B ^a   Sansom, Stephanie L ^a   Song, Binwei ^a   Voorhees, Kelly ^b   Busby, Amy ^c   Carrel, Jack ^c   Burgess, Samuel ^c  

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

^b Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^c Louisiana Office of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SEXUAL COUNSELING; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 70350501377     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181a96d3d     Document Type: Article

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