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Effective HIV case identification through routine HIV screening at urgent care centers in Massachusetts

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  • Walensky, R.P.
  • Losina, E.
  • Malatesta, L.
  • Barton, G.E.
  • O'Connor, C.A.
  • Skolnik, P.R.
  • Hall, J.M.
  • McGuire, J.F.
  • Freedberg, K.A.

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Think HIV offered HIV counseling, testing, and referral to patients at 4 Massachusetts urgent care centers from January to September 2002. We compared the positive diagnosis yield of Think HIV with that of state-funded HIV counseling, testing, and referral sites. Think HIV found an HIV prevalence of 2.0% compared with 1.9% identified by self-referral testing. Urgent care center-based routine HIV counseling, testing, and referral programs are feasible, can have high positive diagnosis yields, and should be the standard of care in high HIV prevalence areas.

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  • Walensky, R.P. & Losina, E. & Malatesta, L. & Barton, G.E. & O'Connor, C.A. & Skolnik, P.R. & Hall, J.M. & McGuire, J.F. & Freedberg, K.A., 2005. "Effective HIV case identification through routine HIV screening at urgent care centers in Massachusetts," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(1), pages 71-73.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2003.031310_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.031310
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    1. Amanda D Castel & Sungwoog Choi & Avi Dor & Jennifer Skillicorn & James Peterson & Nestor Rocha & Michael Kharfen, 2015. "Comparing Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Testing Strategies: Targeted and Routine Testing in Washington, DC," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(10), pages 1-11, October.

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