ArticleHealth policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2021
How to make universal, voluntary testing for COVID-19 work? A behavioural economics perspective.
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- Children and adolescents' experiences of mandatory SARS-CoV-2 testing in schools: a cross-sectional survey.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- Influence parental- and child-related factors on the acceptance of SARS-CoV-2 test methods in schools and daycare facilities.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Estimation of Total Cost Required in Controlling COVID-19 Outbreaks by Financial Incentives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Impact of voluntary testing on infectious disease epidemiology: A game theoretic approach.PloS one · 2023Article
- Exploring the Impacts of Preventative Health Behaviors with Respect to COVID-19: An Altruistic Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a university setting in Ireland: Learning from a 6-week pilot study.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination in urban China during the low-risk period: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Using knowledge of, attitude toward, and daily preventive practices for COVID-19 to predict the level of post-traumatic stress and vaccine acceptance among adults in Hong Kong.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Factors Affecting COVID-19 Testing Behaviours Among the Population in South Western Nigeria.International journal of public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Testing is widely seen as one core element of a successful strategy to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic and many countries have increased their efforts to provide testing at large scale. As most democratic governments refrain from enacting mandatory testing, a key emerging challenge is to increase voluntary participation. Using behavioural economics insights complemented with data from a novel survey in the US and a survey experiment in Luxembourg, we examine behavioural factors associated with the individual willingness to get tested (WTT). In our analysis, individual characteristics that correlate positively with WTT include age, altruism, conformism, the tendency to abide by government-imposed rules, concern about contracting COVID-19, and patience. Risk aversion, unemployment, and conservative political orientation correlate negatively with WTT. Building on and expanding these insights may prove fruitful for policy to effectively raise people's propensity to get tested.
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