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To examine the private demand for STD and HIV testing and determine theoretical and empirical conditions under which public testing subsidies increase or decrease disease incidence.

May 1, 1995The Quarterly Journal of Economics

A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Public Health Subsidies for STD Testing

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To examine the private demand for STD and HIV testing and determine theoretical and empirical conditions under which public testing subsidies increase or decrease disease incidence.
Constructed a theoretical behavioral model analyzing private demand for diagnostic testing and protective behaviors against sexually transmitted infections.
Evaluated empirical conditions to determine the real-world significance of subsidized testing on overall disease transmission dynamics.
Established theoretical conditions where subsidizing diagnostic tests can either mitigate or paradoxically elevate disease transmission.
Demonstrated the empirical relevance of these theoretical thresholds, highlighting the role of behavioral risk compensation following subsidized testing.

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Economic evaluation reveals variable impacts of testing subsidies on infection rates in at-risk populations, suggesting program design critically determines whether subsidies lower disease spread.

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Philipson et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1e91dafc3e43b3d802a830 https://doi.org/10.2307/2118446

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Economic evaluation reveals variable impacts of testing subsidies on infection rates in at-risk populations, suggesting program design critically determines whether subsidies lower disease spread.

A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Public Health Subsidies for STD Testing

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