
Clinical and Economic Effects of Widespread Rapid Testing to Decrease SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
Author(s) -
A. David Paltiel,
Amy Zheng,
Paul E. Sax
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.839
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1539-3704
pISSN - 0003-4819
DOI - 10.7326/m21-0510
Subject(s) - medicine , population , transmission (telecommunications) , cost–benefit analysis , demography , economic impact analysis , environmental health , emergency medicine , ecology , civil engineering , electrical engineering , sociology , engineering , biology
The value of frequent, rapid testing to reduce community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is poorly understood.