New HIV/AIDS Study Findings Have Been Reported by Investigators at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Sexually Transmitted Infection/hiv Testing Among Medicaid/children’s Health Insurance Program-insured Enrollees Aged 15 To 60 Years …)

2021 JUL 23 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators discuss new findings in Immune System Diseases and Conditions - HIV/AIDS. According to news reporting out of Atlanta, Georgia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “There is a lack of information on high-risk sexual behaviors (HRSB) related to gender of sex partner and associated sexually transmitted infection (STI)/HIV testing among Medicaid enrollees. We used the 2016 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicaid claims data to identify enrollees aged 15 to 60 years with HRSB by International Classification of Disease, Tenth Revision codes (Z72.51, Z72.52, and Z72.53).”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Enrollees diagnosed with HRSB were classified into 2 groups:(1) with same-sex partners and (2) with opposite-sex partners. The date when the initial diagnosis for HRSB was documented was used to define as the index date. We assessed chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV testing on the index date, in the 6-month period before and after the index date (excluded the index date). HIV testing was limited to enrollees without documented HIV infection. Of 50 million Medicaid enrollees aged 15 to 60 years, 1.2% were identified as enrollees with HRSB in 2016. Of those enrollees with HRSB, 2.7% were enrollees with same-sex partners and 0.71% had documented HIV infection. Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV testing rates were 82.4%, 81.9%, 33.2%, and 44.3%, respectively, at the index date. The chlamydia testing rate was >= 90% among enrollees who resided in the West compared with 53% to 61% across other regions. HIV testing was more likely among males and among those with same-sex partners. Sexually transmitted infection/HIV testing was Conclusions Among Medicaid enrollees with HRSB, STI/HIV testing varied regionally.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Many enrollees were not tested for STI/HIV at the index visit in which they were identified as HRSB.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Sexually Transmitted Infection/hiv Testing Among Medicaid/children’s Health Insurance Program-insured Enrollees Aged 15 To 60 Years Who Were Diagnosed With High-risk Sexual Behaviors With Their Opposite-sex or Same-sex Partners. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2021;48(7):488-492. Sexually Transmitted Diseases can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - http://journals.lww.com/stdjournal/pages/default.aspx)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Guoyu Tao, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Div Std Prevent, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/olq.0000000000001336. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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