Adaptive targeted infectious disease testing

We show how to efficiently use costly testing resources in an epidemic, when testing outcomes can be used to make quarantine decisions. If the costs of false quarantine and false release exceed the cost of testing, the optimal myopic testing policy targets individuals with an intermediate likelihood...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kasy, M, Teytelboym, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2020