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Suboptimal Prenatal Syphilis Testing Among Commercially Insured Women in the United States, 2013

Authors :
Kwame Owusu-Edusei
Kyle T. Bernstein
Thomas L. Gift
Robyn Neblett Fanfair
Guoyu Tao
Source :
Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 44:219-221
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017.

Abstract

United States surveillance data demonstrate that congenital syphilis cases are increasing. We performed an analysis of commercially insured pregnant females using MarketSan to determine syphilis screening rates at different prenatal stages; 85% of pregnant women in this population had a syphilis test performed at least once during the prenatal period.

Details

ISSN :
15374521 and 01485717
Volume :
44
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7ee128dd1ac8e77e826c199213cbd445
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/olq.0000000000000569