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Table 3.

Partner notification referral method used

Study	Index patients	Patient referral		Provider referral		Contract referral
Study	Index patients	n	% of index patients	n	% of index patients	n	% of index patients
Shao, GH (2001)^w115	450	Yes^*		No^†		No^†
Zhou, H (2001)^w116‡	75	75	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Shumin, C (2004)¹⁹	723	247		No^†		No^†
Yang, Y (2005)^w124	138	138		No^†		No^†
Li, HM (2007)^w117^‡	33	Yes^*		Yes^*		0	0.0%
Li, Z (2007)^w123^‡	234	106	45.3%	No^†		66	28.2%
Gao, L (2010)^w118^‡	175	131	74.9%	36	20.6%	9	5.1%
Li, Z (2010)^w119^‡	223	156	70.0%	No^†		42	18.8%
Pu, YC (2010)^w120	109	No^†		109		No^†
Ye, RH (2010)^w121	457	No^†		457		No^†
Yu, HF (2010)^w122	473	No^†		473		No^†
Median (IQR)			72.4% (63.8%–81.1%)		10.3% (5.1%–15.4%)		5.1% (0.0%–18.8%)

Yes indicates that the study examined the referral method but did not report the number of patients.

^†

No indicates that the study did not offer the referral method.

^‡

Medians and IQRs were calculated only for studies that offered more than one partner notification referral method.

Numbers represent the numbers of patients who used the referral method when the method was offered.