Diagnosing food-borne illness: a behavioral analysis of barriers to testing.

Auteur(s) :
Fischhoff B., Kaptan G.
Date :
Déc, 2010
Source(s) :
J Public Health Policy. # p
Adresse :
[1] Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA [2] Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, KN 6706, The Netherlands.

Sommaire de l'article

Public health authorities rely on the timely flow of laboratory results to detect and control food-borne illnesses. At times, social and economic barriers limit individuals’ ability to get needed tests. We demonstrate a simple behavioral approach to assess the cost-effectiveness of interventions designed to remove three social and economic barriers to testing individuals with acute diarrheal illness: testing costs, income loss and inconvenience. We use readily available statistics to rank programs by their cost effectiveness to identify those most worthy of studying in greater detail.Journal of Public Health Policy advance online publication, 9 December 2010; doi:10.1057/jphp.2010.42.

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