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In the United States, HIV infection is generally discovered at an advanced stage, usually in the course of medical care and often during care for complications of AIDS. Earlier diagnosis would be far preferable, because it could speed access to appropriate care and increase the proportion of HIV-infected patients receiving care, thereby improving the quality of care for persons and populations.¹

Two articles in this issue of the Journal indicate that widespread use of routine screening could offer these benefits and more at a reasonable cost. Paltiel and colleagues² and Sanders and colleagues³ both predict that widespread use of routine . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif., the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, and the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego.

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N Engl J Med 2005; 352:2137-2139, May 19, 2005. Correspondence

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