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Abstract
In this updated cross-sectional analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, we found that among the 2.5 million more weighted emergency department (ED) visits in 2021 compared with 2020, there was an insignificant increase in HIV testing per ED visit in 2021 compared with 2020 (0.81% to 0.86%). This suggests HIV testing during ED visits did not increase in line with rebounding visit volumes after the pandemic nadir.
- HIV
- diagnostic screening programs
- public health
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Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti
Contributors CC, BCK and CLB had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Concept and design: CC and BCK. Acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data: all authors. Drafting of the manuscript: all authors. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: all authors. Statistical analysis: CC and BCK. Administrative, technical or material support: all authors.
Funding CLB reports support through the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (KL2TR003143) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (L30AI178800).
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.