Clinical effectiveness and analytical quality of a national point-of-care testing network for sexually transmitted infections integrated into rural and remote primary care clinics in Australia, 2016-2022: an observational program evaluationResearch in context

• Main Authors: Louise M. Causer (Author), James Ward (Author), Kirsty Smith (Author), Amit Saha (Author), Kelly Andrewartha (Author), Handan Wand (Author), Belinda Hengel (Author), Steven G. Badman (Author), Annie Tangey (Author), Susan Matthews (Author), Donna Mak (Author), Manoji Gunathilake (Author), Elizabeth Moore (Author), David Speers (Author), David Persing (Author), David Anderson (Author), David Whiley (Author), Lisa Maher (Author), David Regan (Author), Basil Donovan (Author), Christopher Fairley (Author), John Kaldor (Author), Mark Shephard (Author), Rebecca Guy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: To address inequitable diagnostic access and improve time-to-treatment for First Nations peoples, molecular point-of-care (POC) testing for chlamydia, gonorrhoea and trichomonas was integrated into 49 primary care clinics across Australia. We conducted an observational evaluatio...