simplifying consent for hiv testing is associated with an increase in hiv testing and case detection in highest risk groups, san francisco january 2003–june 2007简化同意艾滋病毒检测与增加艾滋病毒检测和检出率最高风险组,旧金山2003年1月- 2007年6月.pdfVIP

Simplifying Consent for HIV Testing Is Associated with an Increase in HIV Testing and Case Detection in Highest Risk Groups, San Francisco January 2003–June 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nicola M. Zetola *, Carlos G. Grijalva , Sarah Gertler , C. Bradley Hare , Beth Kaplan , Teri Dowling , 6 6 1,6 Grant Colfax , Mitchell H. Katz , Jeffrey D. Klausner 1 Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 2 Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, 3 School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America, 4 Positive Health Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 5 Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 6 San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America Abstract Background: Populations at highest risk for HIV infection face multiple barriers to HIV testing. To facilitate HIV testing procedures, the San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center eliminated required written patient consent for HIV testing in its medical settings in May 2006. To describe the change in HIV testing rates in different hospital settings and populations after the change in HIV testing policy in the SFDH medical center, we performed an observational study using interrupted time series analysis. Methods: Data from all patients aged 18 years and older seen from January 2003 throug