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Udeagu, Chi-Chi N., Shah, Dipal, Shepard, Colin W., Bocour, Angelica, Guiterrez, Rodolfo, and Begier, Elizabeth M.
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CHI-squared test , *COMMUNITY health services , *DIAGNOSIS , *FISHER exact test , *HIV-positive persons , *MEDICAL care costs , *MEDICAL errors , *MEDICAL protocols , *HEALTH outcome assessment , *RESEARCH funding , *DISCLOSURE , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *SEXUAL partners - Abstract
The article focuses on a useful method to increase yield of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) partner services by targeting high rates of delayed HIV diagnoses in neighborhood hospitals. Such processes increase cost-effectiveness and increases the effects of program. Around 21 percent of individuals infected with HIV are not aware of their infection.
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- 2012
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