Program costs of emergency department nontargeted opt-out rapid HIV screening and physician-directed diagnostic rapid HIV testing from the Denver ED HIV Opt-Out Study.

<p>Abbreviations: N/A = not applicable; ED = emergency department; WB = western blot.</p><p>Includes personnel time for trainers, trainees, and training supplies.</p

Patient flow diagram for the Denver Opt-Out Study.

<p>Eligible patients included those ≥16 years of age who were placed in an emergency department treatment room. (*Screening refers to HIV testing in conjunction with nontargeted opt-out screening, whereas testing refers to HIV testing in conjunction with physician-directed diagnostic testing.)</p

Cost effectiveness ratios (CER) and the incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) of nontargeted opt-out rapid HIV screening and physician-directed diagnostic rapid HIV testing for patients newly diagnosed with HIV infection from the Denver ED HIV Opt-Out Study, Denver, Colorado.

<p>Defined as the number of patients newly-diagnosed with HIV infection.</p