Physicians & General Public: Test Everyone For HIV

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D. Spencer Hines

Physicians & General Public: Test Everyone For HIV

Legg inn av D. Spencer Hines » 17 feb 2005 03:51:01

Bingo!

We should have started doing this YEARS ago.

DSH
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"Physicians and General Public Favor Mandatory HIV Testing; Views
Support Findings of Recent Medical Report"

"FLEMINGTON, N.J. --(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Feb. 16, 2005 -- Results of a new
national survey of 864 physicians and 1,339 members of the general
public revealed that a significant majority of both groups believe that
mandatory, federally funded HIV testing would improve the overall health
of the U.S. population.

The national e-survey was conducted by HCD Research during February
12 -14, as part of its continuing investigation of the social, political
and economic issues confronting the U.S. health care system. The margin
of error in the survey was plus or minus 3% at a 95% confidence level.

The survey revealed that among the general public:

-- 63% of Americans believe that mandatory, federally funded HIV testing
would improve the overall health of the U.S. population

-- 60% indicated that the associated health care benefits of mandatory,
federally funded HIV testing outweigh the social implications

-- 40% indicated that the social implications of mandatory, federally
funded HIV testing outweigh the associated health care benefits

The most frequently cited social concerns of those representing the
general public who were not in favor of mandatory testing were:

Difficulty obtaining life insurance 76%

Job/employment issues 71%

The least frequently reported social concerns were:

The cost of testing is too high for public funding 52%

Difficulty in marriage and other social relations 51%

Inadequate access to medical and psychological counseling 46%

Among the sample of physicians:

-- 64% believe that mandatory, federally funded HIV testing would
improve the overall health of the U.S. population

-- 59% reported that the associated health care benefits of mandatory,
federally funded HIV testing outweigh the social implications

-- 41% indicated that the social implications of mandatory, federally
funded HIV testing outweigh the associated health care benefits

The most frequently cited social concerns by physicians who were not in
favor of mandatory testing were:

Difficulty obtaining life insurance 84%

Job/employment issues 77%

The least frequently reported social concerns were:

Difficulty in marriage and other social relations 48%

Inadequate access to medical and psychological counseling 44%

The cost of testing is too high for public funding 34%

"Physicians are a distinct group who share similar education, income and
status in society, and it is intriguing that their views reflect those
of the general public on serious and evolving health care issues such as
this one," noted Glenn Kessler, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, HCD
Research.

According to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine,
health experts recommend that virtually all Americans be screened
routinely for the HIV AIDS virus, much as they are for cancer and other
conditions. In addition, the report cited recent federally funded
studies which determined that the cost of routinely testing and treating
nearly all adults would be outweighed by a reduction in new infections
and the opportunity to start patients on antiviral medications early in
the disease progression."
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D. Spencer Hines

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