2015
DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000255
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Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinics as Safety Net Providers

Abstract: Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Network clinics served populations with high STI rates. Given experience with diagnoses of both nonreportable and reportable STIs and extragenital chlamydia and gonorrhea testing, STI clinics comprise a critical specialty network in STI diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

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“…This increase in primary care visits was largely attributable to a rise in the percentage of women seen for STD care (14). Despite these shifts in settings for STD service provision, publicly funded STD clinics continue to serve as a safety net for patients without insurance coverage or other marginalized groups of patients seeking care (15).…”
Section: Introduction Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This increase in primary care visits was largely attributable to a rise in the percentage of women seen for STD care (14). Despite these shifts in settings for STD service provision, publicly funded STD clinics continue to serve as a safety net for patients without insurance coverage or other marginalized groups of patients seeking care (15).…”
Section: Introduction Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Evidence-based guidance is needed to help direct limited STD program resources in the United States, where health care is uniquely structured (e.g., reduced access to care, not a single-payer system, and co-payments for services) and sexual health services are mostly provided in STD and family planning clinic settings. 3,4 Previous reviews of non–clinic-based STD screening activities have not been restricted to settings in the United States; were not inclusive of data from syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea screenings; and have not focused on the programmatic costs of implementation or the cost efficiency of case finding. 5,6 We review recently published reports on the outcomes of non–clinic-based STD screening programs (including corrections, bathhouse, and self-collected specimen home-based screenings).…”
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“…It has been noted 47 that STI clinics, which serve a population that is largely male, are the “new” safety net providers; the current study did not ask about the nature of the clinic, only total clinic visits and it is possible that respondents reported visits to STI clinics differently, depending on their sexual preference. Heterosexual men reported a higher mean number of outpatient clinic visits compared to gay or bisexual men, but it is possible that the heterosexual men were including visits to STI clinics, while gay and bisexual men were not.…”
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confidence: 98%