Contributions to early HIV diagnosis among patients linked to care vary by testing venue

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Table 2 Reasons for HIV Testing

	Medical testing										Public health testing						Other testing						Unknown
	Inpatient		Outpatient		Emergency department		Unknown source		Institutional testing		Health department		Publicly funded programs		ED testing program		Identified outside the region		IDC/Partner testing		Routine screening
	N = 37		N = 84		N = 5		N = 7		N = 10		N = 70		N = 5		N = 23		N = 2		N = 8		N = 13		N = 13
Not specified	11	29.7	24	28.6	2	40.0	1	14.3	4	40.0	23	32.9	4	80.0	4	18.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	7.7	9	69.2
Patient request	1	2.7	2	2.4	1	20.0	0	0.0	1	10.0	12	17.1	0	0.0	8	36.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Universal screening	1	2.7	20	23.8	0	0.0	2	28.6	3	30.0	2	2.9	1	20.0	1	4.5	2	100.0	1	12.5	11	84.6	1	7.7
Reasons specified in record	24	64.9	38	45.2	2	40.0	4	57.1	2	20.0	33	47.1	0	0.0	9	40.9	0	0.0	7	87.5	1	7.7	3	23.1
Related diagnosis	1	4.2	4	10.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.0			2	22.2			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
AIDS defining illness	7	29.2	2	5.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0			1	11.1			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Symptoms	8	33.3	16	42.1	2	100.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	8	24.2			3	33.3			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3
Symptoms and related diagnosis	0	0.0	1	2.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Symptoms and AIDS defining illness	6	25.0	4	10.5	0	0.0	1	25.0	1	50.0	1	3.0			2	22.2			1	14.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
Symptoms, related diagnosis, AIDS defining illness	1	4.2	1	2.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.0			0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Risk factors only	0	0.0	6	15.8	0	0.0	2	50.0	0	0.0	18	54.5			1	11.1			5	71.4	1	100.0	2	66.7
Risk factors with related diagnosis	1	4.2	1	2.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Risk factors with symptoms	0	0.0	2	5.3	0	0.0	1	25.0	0	0.0	3	9.1			0	0.0			1	14.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
Risk factors, Symptoms, related diagnosis, AIDS defining illness	0	0.0	1	2.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.0			0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

The reason why the patient was tested as recorded at initial infectious disease treatment center visit are displayed and categorized by testing venue. Data are given as numbers and percentages. Reasons for testing were subcategorized as patient request, universal screening, symptoms suggestive of HIV, diagnosis potentially related to HIV, AIDS defining illness, and HIV behavioral risk factors. These categories are presented individually and in combination.

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