Sentence examples for highest testing rates from inspiring English sources

ACCHS site 1 achieved the highest testing rates in 15 29 year olds, increasing from 10%to40%40 % in females and from 2%to27%27 % in males (Table  2).

There were, however, major regional differences in the proportions of participants who were tested for HIV, with Nigeria and Cameroon having the highest testing rates of 94% of participants tested in each centre, 66% in the Western Cape, 29% respectively in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape, and 22% in Kwa Zulu Natal.

Among females, the highest testing rate achieved in the QIP period was in 15 19 year olds, increasing from 16%% to 29%% (OR: 1.02, 95 % CI: 0.75-1.37).

Additionally, GPs with increased knowledge about who should be tested for chlamydia had higher testing rates.

Other screening approaches such as using general practise for pro-active and systematic screening have shown high testing rates in other studies [ 35, 36].

Past initiatives linking chlamydia testing to pap smears have resulted in higher testing rates in older, lower risk age groups [ 37], and lower rates in younger women not eligible for cervical screening [ 38].

A cross-sectional study of 16 29 year olds attending non-Aboriginal primary health care centres in Australia found that 8%% were tested for chlamydia, with higher testing rates in females than males (12%% vs 4%%, p < 0.01) [ 16].

The increasing use of NAAT equipment by laboratories in Australia to test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea at the same time will assist in achieving higher testing rates of gonorrhoea [ 15].

Although Norway is likely to have high testing rates on a European level [ 28, 29] we cannot conclude that this fully explains the relatively low uptake of testing in our study.

As one report advises [ 45], performance measures require attention to avoid defining high testing rates as good quality of care, since they may not take into consideration patient preferences for care options.

It seems unlikely however that CMV testing rates among pregnant women are much higher than those we report as we did not find substantially higher testing rates even among pregnant women for whom claims for other routine laboratory tests recommended during pregnancy were captured in the MarketScan Commercial database.