HIV Testing among Outpatients with Medicaid and Commercial Insurance

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144965
• Publication Date: 2015-12-14T19:33:33Z
• Authors: Patricia M. Dietz; Michelle Van Handel; Huisheng Wang; Philip J. Peters; Jun Zhang; Abigail Viall; Bernard M. Branson
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Insurance, Health; Adolescent; Databases, Factual; Medicaid; Science; Q; R; HIV Infections; Middle Aged; United States; 3. Good health; Young Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Odds Ratio; Medicine; Humans; Female; Research Article; Demography

To assess HIV testing and factors associated with receipt of among persons Medicaid commercial insurance during 2012.Outpatient laboratory claims were analyzed from two databases: all six states health plans four other a large national convenience sample patients in the United States. We excluded those aged <13 years >64 years, enrolled <9 12 months, pregnant females, previously diagnosed HIV. identified new diagnoses that followed (did not precede) test, using ICD-9 codes. percentages assessed by patient demographics tests or occurred same visit.During 2012, 89,242 2,069,536 (4.3%) had at least one 850 (1.0%) tested received diagnosis. Among 27,206,804 insurance, 757,646 (2.8%) 5,884 (0.8%) During visits included an 80.2% 83.0% also test diagnosis for sexually transmitted infection (STI), and/or Hepatitis B C virus visit.HIV primarily took place concurrently screening STIs C. found little evidence to suggest routine was widespread.