Characteristics of patients who accept and decline ED rapid HIV testing☆☆☆
Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins

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, MD, MPHElissa M. Schechter-Perkins
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
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- Corresponding author. Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Dowling 1 South, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA 02118. Tel.: +1 617 414 4996; fax: +1 617 414 7759.

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Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
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- Corresponding author. Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Dowling 1 South, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA 02118. Tel.: +1 617 414 4996; fax: +1 617 414 7759.

Elisa Koppelman
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health
- Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, ENRM Veterans Hospital
Patricia M. Mitchell
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Jake R. Morgan
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health
Randie Kutzen
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Mari-Lynn Drainoni
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health
- Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, ENRM Veterans Hospital
- Department of Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
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Published Online: May 31, 2014Accepted: May 24, 2014; Received in revised form: May 14, 2014; Received: December 16, 2013;
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☆Sources of Support: This study was funded by a grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. Gilead reviewed the study design but had no role in the design or conduct of the study or in the collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data.
☆☆Prior presentations: Academy of Emergency Physicians annual meeting, October 2013 in Seattle, Washington.
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