Comparing HIV case detection in prison during opt-in vs. Opt-out testing policies

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e85-e88

  Rosen, David L ^a   Wohl, David A ^a   Golin, Carol E ^a,b   Rigdon, Joseph ^b   May, Jeanine ^b   White, Becky L ^a   Leone, Peter A ^a   Hudgens, Michael G ^b   Bowling, James Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRISONER; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS;

EID: 84959159523     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000889     Document Type: Letter

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