Table 3 Patient’s contacts with the healthcare system during the three years prior to HIV diagnosis
From: Missed opportunities for HIV testing in newly-HIV-diagnosed patients, a cross sectional study
n | % | |
|---|---|---|
Contact with a healthcare setting | 994 | |
General practitioner | 922 | 93% |
Medical specialist | 649 | 65% |
Hospital | 324 | 33% |
Emergency department | 329 | 33% |
Other medical department or practitioner | 377 | 38% |
Annual frequency of encounters with general practitioner | ||
Never, or did not know | 106 | 11% |
Once a year | 286 | 29% |
Two to six times a year | 511 | 51% |
At least once a month | 91 | 9% |
Time between last medical encounter and HIV diagnosis | ||
≤1 year | 826 | 84% |
>1 year | 93 | 9% |
Did not know | 75 | 7% |