Conducting HIV screenings as a routine provision at GP’s offices, health centers, and emergency departments is a cost effective method for the medical services, so says a recent study. The key to lowering treatment cost for HIV patients is early discovery.
Therefore, these sorts of screenings, especially in geographic areas with high occurrences of HIV, are economical measures in the respect that they can catch the disease at a very early stage.
It goes without saying that early detection is also good for the patient.
A recent report, whose purpose was to study the costs of HIV detection and why so many cases are discovered late, uncovered these economic findings.
The same report found that one of the main reasons for late detection in patients is their unwillingness to be screened. Many are ashamed of the possibility that they are at risk and try to avoid embarrassment by avoiding screening.
To this end, the report concluded that more must be done in areas with significantly high HIV incidence to get those at risk screened.
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