Emergency Dept Paper and Pencil Questionnaire

Form Approved

OMB No. 0920-0775

Expiration Date 04/30/2011

ATTACHMENT 7a:

PAPER AND PENCIL QUESTIONAIRE

Routine HIV Testing in Emergency Departments

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Routine HIV Testing

Paper and Pencil Questionnaire

1. How many years have you been practicing emergency medicine since completing your residency?

___________

2. What is your specialty?

______________________

3. Estimate, as best as possible, the percentage of the patients you see fitting each of the following racial or ethnic groups.

____ % White

____% African American

____ % Asian

____ % Hispanic or Latino

____ % Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

____ % American Indian or Alaska Native

4. Which of the following categories best describes the community from which your department primarily draws patients?

Urban

Suburban

Rural

Mix

5. Indicate, as best as possible, the percentage of the patients you see that use each of the following payment types for services.

______% Fee-for-Service or indemnity

______% Managed Care

______% Medicare

______% Medicaid

______% Military Health Care (TRICARE) or Veteran’s Administration benefits (VA)

______% State or Local Sponsored Health Plan

______% Private Pay

______% Uninsured

______% Other:______________________

6. Do you test patients for HIV in your department?

Yes

No (Skip to Question 15)

7. What type of HIV test do you use?

Venipuncture

Finger prick

Oral swab

8. How many HIV tests do order in a typical month?

________

9. What percentage of the HIV tests were performed because the patient requested to be tested?

________%

10. Currently, how many patients living with HIV do you see in a month?

________

11. How many cases of HIV have you diagnosed in the past 12 months?

________

12. Thinking about the health issues affecting your patients, how [relevant/important?] is HIV?

Very

Somewhat

Not

13. What challenges do you see in adopting routine HIV testing?

Cost

Time

Lack of information

Patient objections

Patient population not at risk

Handling HIV positive tests

State requirements for counseling

Other__________________