Characteristics and Trends in HIV Testing Among Medicaid Enrollees Diagnosed as Having Schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

People with schizophrenia have more HIV risk factors and higher rates of HIV infection than the general U.S. population. The authors aimed to examine HIV testing patterns in this population nationally and by demographic characteristics and presence of high-risk comorbid conditions.

Methods

This retrospective longitudinal study compared HIV testing between Medicaid-only enrollees with schizophrenia and without schizophrenia during 2002-2012 (N=6,849,351). Interrupted time series were used to analyze the impacts of the 2006 federal policy change recommending expanded HIV testing. Among enrollees with schizophrenia, multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate associations between testing and both demographic characteristics and comorbid conditions. Sensitiv

SUBMITTER: Walkup J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10329993 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature