Acceptability, feasibility and costs of universal offer of rapid point of care testing for HIV in an acute admissions unit: Results of the RAPID project

HIV Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages 10-14

  Burns, F ^a   Edwards, Sg ^a   Woods, J ^a   Haidari, G ^b   Calderon, Y ^c   Leider, J ^c   Morris, S ^a   Tobin, R ^a   Cartledge, J ^a   Brown, M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute admissions unit; Health services research; HIV testing; UK; Universal testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE ADMISSIONS UNIT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV TESTING; UK; UNIVERSAL TESTING;

ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883375977     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12056     Document Type: Article

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