Open AccessDoes Nonmetropolitan Residence Impact Timely Chlamydia Treatment in Massachusetts?
Author(s) -
Jungwon Yoon,
Heather Elder,
Rebecca Hawrusik,
R. Monina Klevens,
Kathleen Roosevelt,
Katherine Hsu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000828
Subject(s) - medicine , residence , chlamydia , gerontology , demography , immunology , sociology
A mean of 4.5 days until treatment was documented in a subset of reported laboratory-confirmed Massachusetts chlamydia cases selected for active case report form completion. Treatment delay was associated with longer test result turnaround time, and absence of symptoms or contact to sexually transmitted disease. Nonmetropolitan versus metropolitan residence did not appear to impact treatment time.