Monitoring HIV testing at visits to emergency departments in the United States: Very-low rate of HIV testing

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-94

  Hoover, Jonathan B ^a   Tao, Guoyu ^a   Heffelfinger, James D ^a  

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

Author keywords

emergency department; HIV screening; HIV testing; routine HIV screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEGRO; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872058972     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182742933     Document Type: Article

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