Reduction in unnecessary Chlamydia screening among older women at title X-funded family planning sites following a structural intervention--San Francisco, 2009

Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Feb;38(2):127-9. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182027994.

Abstract

A structural intervention designed to reduce unnecessary chlamydia screening among older women resulted in a 24.4% reduction in test volume and an associated cost savings of nearly $40,000.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities / economics
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities / statistics & numerical data
  • Chlamydia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Chlamydia Infections / epidemiology
  • Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis / economics
  • Family Planning Services / economics*
  • Family Planning Services / methods
  • Family Planning Services / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Financing, Government*
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening / economics*
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data*
  • San Francisco
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Women's Health / economics
  • Young Adult