Study Provides Overview Of Demographic, Clinical Characteristics Of Individuals Who Decline “Opt-Out” HIV Or HCV Testing

HCPlive (8/6, Brooks) reports, “Findings from a recent study are providing clinicians with an overview of the demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals who decline ‘opt-out’ human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing, underscoring the need for targeted interventions to increase testing uptake in these specific patient populations.” Even though “non-Hispanic Black individuals were the least likely to decline testing among all race/ethnicity groups, notable sex disparities were observed among Black patients.” The findings were published in the Journal of the National Medical Association.