Costs of Rapid HIV Screening in an Urban Emergency Department and a Nearby County Jail in the Southeastern United States.

Emergency departments and jails provide medical services to persons at risk for HIV infection and are recommended venues for HIV screening. Our main objective in this study was to analyze the cost per new HIV diagnosis associated with the HIV screening program in these two venues. The emergency depa...

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Main Authors: Anne C Spaulding, Robin J MacGowan, Brittney Copeland, Ram K Shrestha, Chava J Bowden, Min J Kim, Andrew Margolis, Genetha Mustaafaa, Laurie C Reid, Katherine L Heilpern, Bijal B Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4459701?pdf=render