Journal of general internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Cost-effectiveness of strategies to improve HIV testing and receipt of results: economic analysis of a randomized controlled trial.
The CDC recommends routine voluntary HIV testing of all patients 13-64 years of age. Despite this recommendation, HIV testing rates are low even among those at identifiable risk, and many patients do not return to receive their results. ⋯ In a primary-care population, nurse-initiated routine screening with rapid HIV testing and streamlined counseling increased rates of testing and receipt of test results and was cost-effective compared with traditional HIV testing strategies.