title: Nationwide effort targets earlier diagnosis and treatment for HIV.
abstract: Consider strategies for earlier detection of HIV. New research suggests that a large percentage of patients testing positive for HIV have already progressed to full-blown AIDS at the time of diagnosis. Even more disturbing is evidence that there are clinical clues pointing toward the need for an HIV test long before many of these patients are being diagnosed. Delayed diagnosis translates into further transmission of the condition as well as higher treatment costs. Consequently, a new coalition being spearheaded by Kaiser is now taking steps intended to make sure that clinicians and patients better recognize the early tip-offs to possible HIV.
mesh_terms: D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018570:Risk Assessment