Research Article
A Comparison of Patient Satisfaction with Emergency Department Opt-In and Opt-Out Rapid HIV Screening
Table 1
Comparison of opt-in and opt-out patients.
| | Characteristic | Accepted opt-in screening
(, (%) | Accepted opt-out screening
(, (%) | valuea | Surveyed opt-in screening
(), (%) | Surveyed opt-out screening
(), (%) | valuea |
| | Gender | | | | | | | | Male | 2,103 (52) | 3,319 (53) | 0.264 | 102 (49) | 119 (63) | 0.005 | | Female | 1,958 (48) | 2,954 (47) | | 105 (51) | 69 (37) | | | Age (years), mean SD | 38 ± 13 | 38 ± 13 | >0.999b | 37 ± 13 | 39 ± 13 | 0.128b | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | Black | 1,625 (40) | 2,862 (46) | <0.001 | 77 (37) | 88 (47) | 0.883 | | White | 563 (14) | 859 (14) | | 28 (14) | 29 (15) | | | Hispanic | 1,262 (31) | 1,826 (29) | | 77 (37) | 53 (28) | | | Other | 611 (15) | 726 (12) | | 25 (12) | 18 (10) | | | Education level | | | | | | | | Some high school | na | na | | 63 (30) | 49 (26) | 0.747 | | High school graduate | na | na | | 67 (32) | 67 (36) | | | Some college | na | na | | 52 (25) | 53 (28) | | | College degree | na | na | | 18 (9) | 15 (8) | | | Unknown | na | na | | 7 (3) | 4 (2) | | | Health insurance | | | | | | | | No insurance | na | na | | 141 (68) | 145 (77) | 0.076 | | Public insurance | na | na | | 45 (22) | 35 (19) | | | Private insurance | na | na | | 9 (4) | 2 (1) | | | Unknown | na | na | | 12 (6) | 6 (3) | | | Relationship status | | | | | | | | Single | na | na | | 97 (47) | 119 (63) | 0.009 | | Married/partnered | na | na | | 63 (30) | 37 (20) | | | Divorced/separated | na | na | | 46 (22) | 32 (17) | | | Unknown | na | na | | 1 (0.5) | 0 | | | Reported risk past 12 months | | | | | | | | Heterosexual sex | na | na | | 142 (69) | 126 (67) | 0.532 | | MSM only | na | na | | 5 (2) | 7 (4) | | | IDU only | na | na | | 2 (1) | 6 (3) | | | MSM + IDU | na | na | | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | | | None | na | na | | 57 (28) | 48 (26) | | | Previous HIV test | | | | | | | | Yes | na | na | | 120 (58) | 113 (60) | 0.667 | | No | na | na | | 87 (42) | 75 (40) | |
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aPearson Chi-square.
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Abbreviations: na: not available; MSM: men sex with men; IDU: injection drug use.
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