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2635877

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
During the first 6 months of legislatively mandated premarital testing for human immunodeficiency virus in Illinois, 8 of 70,846 applicants for marriage licenses were found to be seropositive, yielding a seroprevalence of 0.011%. The total cost of the testing program for 6 months is estimated at $2.5 million or $312,000 per seropositive individual identified. Half of the reported seropositive individuals reported a history of risk behavior. During the same period, the number of marriage licenses issued in Illinois decreased by 22.5%, while the number of licenses issued to Illinois residents in surrounding states increased significantly. We conclude that mandatory premarital testing is not a cost-effective method for the control of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
261
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3415-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-7
pubmed:otherAbstract
KIE: Data obtained from the Illinois Department of Public Health were analyzed to assess the economic, social, and public health impact of legislatively mandated premarital HIV antibody testing that took effect in Illinois in January 1988. In the first six months of the program, eight seropositive individuals were identified out of 70,846 applicants for marriage licenses, at an estimated cost of $2.5 million. During the same period, the number of marriage licenses issued in Illinois decreased by 22.5% while increasing significantly in surrounding states. The authors conclude that mandatory or publicly supported HIV antibody screening in premarital and other low-prevalence populations is not cost effective.
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Mandatory premarital testing for human immunodeficiency virus. The Illinois experience.
pubmed:affiliation
Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago 60601.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article