
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bourne, Chris 
A1  - Allen, Debbie 
A1  - Brown, Katherine 
A1  - Davies, Stephen C. 
A1  - McNulty, Anna 
A1  - Smith, Don E. 
A1  - O'Connor, Catherine C. 
A1  - Couldwell, Deborah 
A1  - Jackson, Eva 
A1  - Bolton, Michale 
A1  - Rodgers, Craig 
A1  - Konecny, Pam 
A1  - Smith, David J. 
A1  - Parker, Angela 
T1  - <i>Corrigendum to</i>: What proportion of sexually transmissible infections and HIV are diagnosed in New South Wales’ public sexual health services compared with other services?
JF  - Sexual Health
JO  - Sex. Health
Y1  - 2013
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
SP  - 290
EP  - 290
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/SH12020_CO 
N2  - Background: In New South Wales (NSW), publicly funded sexual health services (PFSHSs) target the populations at greatest risk for important sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and so may make a large contribution to the diagnosis of notifiable STIs. We aimed to determine the proportions of STIs diagnosed in PFSHSs and notified to the NSW Ministry of Health in 2009, and describe geographical variations. Methods: The number of notifiable STIs (infectious syphilis, gonorrhoea, HIV and chlamydia) diagnosed in 2009 was obtained for each Area Health Service (AHS) and each PFSHS. The proportion of diagnoses made by PFSHSs was calculated at the state and AHS level according to five geographical regions: inner and outer metropolitan, regional, rural and remote. Results: The overall proportions of diagnoses made by NSW PFSHSs were syphilis, 25%; gonorrhoea, 25%; HIV, 21%; and chlamydia, 14%. Within each zone, the proportions of these STIs were (respectively): (i) inner metropolitan: 32%, 26%, 21% and 13%; (ii) outer metropolitan: 41%, 24%, 43% and 9%; (iii) regional: 62%, 15%, 23% and 10%; (iv) rural: 8%, 29%, Conclusions: NSW PFSHSs contribute a large proportion of diagnoses for syphilis, gonorrhoea and HIV, but less so for chlamydia. Across AHSs and zones, there was considerable variation in the proportions. These data support the role of PFSHS in identifying and managing important STIs in high-risk populations. 
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