HIV testing at visits to US emergency departments: 2021 update.

Sex Transm Infect

Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA

Published: April 2024

In this updated cross-sectional analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, we found that among the 2.5 million more weighted emergency department (ED) visits in 2021 compared with 2020, there was an insignificant increase in HIV testing per ED visit in 2021 compared with 2020 (0.81% to 0.86%). This suggests HIV testing during ED visits did not increase in line with rebounding visit volumes after the pandemic nadir.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11052530PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2024-056128DOI Listing

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