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An imperfect test for a virus can Be worse than No test at all

This note studies the effect of the availability of a test for a virus on the public health of a population. It is shown by example that the existence of a freely available and moderately informative test for a virus may lower society's welfare in comparison to the case where no test exists or...

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Autor principal: Whitmeyer, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8250338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33763902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.4254