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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):S96–103. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.03.017

Table 3.

Communication and linkage-to-care methods of HIV testing models performed in the ED.*

No. (%)

Diagnostic Testing Only (N=1) Targeted Screening Only (N=2) Nontargeted Screening Only (N=13) Combination (N=8)
Preresult communication
Information only 0 0 5 (38) 1 (12)
Education only 0 0 0 0
Counseling only 0 1 (50) 1 (8) 5 (63)
Combination 1 (100) 0 4 (31) 1 (12)
None 0 0 0 1 (12)
Not reported 0 1 (50) 3 (23) 0
Postresult communication n
Information only 0 0 2 (15) 0
Education only 0 0 0 0
Counseling only 0 2 (100) 4 (31) 3 (38)
Combination 1 (100) 0 2 (15) 1 (12)
None 0 0 0 0
Not reported 0 0 5 (38) 4 (50)
Physician only 0 0 0 0
Nurse only 0 0 0 0
Counselor only 0 0 1 (8) 3 (38)
Social worker only 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 3 (23) 0
Combination 1 (100) 1 (50) 2 (15) 2 (25)
Not reported 0 1 (50) 7 (53) 3 (38)
In ED only 1 (100) 0 4 (31) 2 (25)
After discharge Only 0 2 (100) 4 (31) 6 (75)
Both 0 0 2 (15) 0
Not reported 0 0 3 (23) 0
In person only 1 (100) 0 9 (69) 5 (63)
By mail only 0 0 0 0
By telephone only 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0
Combination 0 1 (50) 1 (8) 1 (12)
Not reported 0 1 (50) 3 (23) 2 (25)
Linkage
Active only 1 (100) 1 (50) 4 (31) 4 (50)
Passive only 0 0 1 (8) 0
Both 0 0 1 (7) 0
Not reported 0 1 (50) 7 (54) 4 (50)
*

A total of 25 publications met criteria for inclusion in the systematic review. However, one did not report an explicit patient selection method and therefore was not included in this table.