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To our knowledge, this hypothesis has not been previously tested. We compared the frequency of repeat testing between Vancouver-based clients of<jats:italic>GetCheckedOnline<\/jats:italic>(GCO)\u2014an internet-based STBBI testing service in British Columbia, Canada\u2014and clients of three sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics in Vancouver for 29 months after GCO launched.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>An administrative data cohort (n=19\u2009497) was assembled using GCO, clinical and laboratory databases. We included all individuals who tested for HIV, gonorrhoea\/chlamydia, syphilis or hepatitis C at three STI clinics or using GCO, between September 2014 and February 2017. The rate of repeat testing (&gt;30 days after first episode) was compared between clients who used GCO at least once and those who tested only in STI clinics. Poisson regression was used to generate relative rate (RR) for repeat testing, with adjustment for age, gender\/sexual orientation, risk factors (eg, history of STI diagnosis) and rate of testing before GCO launched.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>1093 GCO clients were identified, of whom 434 (40%) had repeat test episodes; 8200\/18 404 (45%) of clinic clients tested more than once. During the 29-month analysis period, GCO clients repeat tested 1.87 times per person-year, whereas clinic clients repeat tested 1.53 times per person-year, resulting in a crude RR of 1.22 (95% CI: 1.14 to 1.31). Adjustment for covariates increased the RR to 1.26 (95% CI: 1.15 to 1.37).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this cohort, individuals using internet-based STBBI testing had a rate of repeat testing 22% greater than clinic-based clients. This effect was increased after adjusting for characteristics associated with higher test frequency. 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