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The study aimed to describe HIV testing rates in US pediatric emergency departments and identify associated factors.

November 19, 2025PEDIATRICS

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The study aimed to describe HIV testing rates in US pediatric emergency departments and identify associated factors.
Cross-sectional study design involving pediatric ED encounters for ages 13-18 at 40 hospitals.
Data analyzed from January 2019 to December 2023 to evaluate HIV testing practices.
Patient and hospital characteristics assessed using multivariable logistic regression.
Out of 2,134,464 ED encounters, only 28,052 (1.3%) involved HIV testing.
75% of tests were targeted based on diagnoses, while 25% were screening tests.
Factors increasing likelihood of testing included being female or having public insurance, while Hispanic/Latino adolescents had lower likelihood.

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Cross-sectional study highlights low HIV screening rates in adolescents, suggesting need for improved testing approaches.

Boolchandani et al. (2025) studied this question.

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