A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL-INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF PUBLIC-HEALTH SUBSIDIES FOR STD TESTING

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: PHILIPSON, TJ; POSNER, RA
• 署名单位: University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-5533
• DOI: 10.2307/2118446
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 445-474
• 关键词: HOMOSEXUAL MEN; sexual-behavior; hiv; aids; KNOWLEDGE

摘要

The paper investigates, both theoretically and empirically, the private demand for STD testing and for protection against infection with emphasis on testing for the AIDS virus (HIV) and on the effects of public subsidies for such testing on the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. We discuss the theoretical conditions under which subsidizing testing either increases or decreases disease incidence and provide evidence on the empirical significance of those conditions.