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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Jul;58(1 0 1):S17–22.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.03.018

Table 3.

Number and characteristics of visits classified as missed opportunities.

No. (%)
Visit Characteristics Urban Academic ED,
N=142		 Urban Community ED,
N=24		 Suburban Community ED,
N=6		 Total, N=172
Potential testing indicators *
  HIV risk factors 50 (35.2) 7 (29.2) 1 (16.7) 58 (33.7)
  Symptoms consistent with HIV 103 (72.5) 17 (70.8) 6 (100.0) 126 (73.3)
  AIDS-defining illness† 8 (5.6) 0 0 8 (4.7)
  Related diagnosis‡ 7 (4.9) 0 0 7 (4.1)
  Physician suspicion 29 (20.4) 0 0 29 (16.9)
  Hospitalization after ED visit 24 (16.9) 2 (8.3) 3 (50.0) 29 (16.9)
*

As documented in medical record during missed opportunity ED visit. Detailed list of potential indicators appears in Appendix E1, available online at http://www.annemergmed.com.

†

Illnesses that would be considered AIDS defining if the patient were infected with HIV.

‡

Concurrent sexually transmitted disease diagnosis or exposure.