Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 110 No. 2 1995

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

T. J. Philipson¹; R. A. Posner^1,2

¹ University of Chicago · ² United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Abstract

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.

DOI

10.2307/2118446

Volume

110

Issue

2

Pages

445-474

Language

en

Sources

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