[Demand and HIV testing prescription in primary care. Registry of the network of sentinel physicians from Castilla y León in 1991, 1992, and 1993].
OBJECTIVE
the objective of this descriptive study is to improve the knowledge about the use and demand of HIV test in general population in Primary Health Care, as well as to detect lacks in general medicine related to HIV/AIDS.


METHODS
from 1991 to 1993, the Red de Médicos Centinelas de Castilla y León, a voluntary sample of general practitioners and pediatrics has collected HIV test data from a covered population representative of the general population.


RESULTS
one of the most important findings is the ascending frequency in tests done: On 65,107 and 125 per 100,000 inhabitants in 1991, 1992 and 1993 respectively. Intravenous drug users are the more important group risk in the register, 24%, followed by pregnant women, 17%, and the multiple heterosexual contacts, 9%. Among all the tests, 5.2% were positive.


CONCLUSIONS
the comparison with other countries shows differences in frequency, cause and results, whose most probable explanation could be related to the different Health Care System and practice in general medicine and the patterns of risk infection in different populations.
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Servicio de Epidemiología, Dirección General de Salud Pública y Asistencia, Consejería de Sanidad y Bienestar Social, Valladolid.
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Ruiz Cosín
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D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013030:Spain
Demanda y prescripción de test VIH en atención primaria. Registro de la red de médicos centinelas de Castilla y León en 1991, 1992 y 1993.