The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 118, Issue 3 , Pages 292-300, March 2005

Routine human immunodeficiency virus testing: An economic evaluation of current guidelines

  • Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Infectious Disease and General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Partners AIDS Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Division of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford Street, 9th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.
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  • Milton C. Weinstein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • April D. Kimmel

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Infectious Disease and General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Partners AIDS Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • George R. Seage III, ScD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Elena Losina, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Paul E. Sax, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Hong Zhang, SM

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Infectious Disease and General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Partners AIDS Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Heather E. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Infectious Disease and General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Partners AIDS Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Kenneth A. Freedberg, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Infectious Disease and General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Partners AIDS Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • A. David Paltiel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Received 24 November 2003; accepted 11 July 2004.

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 This research was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (K23AI01794, K24AI062476, K25AI50436, R01AI42006, Center for AIDS Research P30AI42851), the National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH65869), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA015612), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (S1396-20/21).

PII: S0002-9343(04)00746-6

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.07.055

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 118, Issue 3 , Pages 292-300, March 2005

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