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Would you test for 5000 Shillings? HIV risk and willingness to accept HIV testing in Tanzania

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  • Jan Ostermann
  • Derek Brown
  • Axel Mühlbacher
  • Bernard Njau
  • Nathan Thielman

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The results support the value of information about the accuracy of HIV testing, and suggest that relatively modest amounts of money may be sufficient to incentivize at-risk populations to test. Copyright Ostermann et al. 2015

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  • Jan Ostermann & Derek Brown & Axel Mühlbacher & Bernard Njau & Nathan Thielman, 2015. "Would you test for 5000 Shillings? HIV risk and willingness to accept HIV testing in Tanzania," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 5(1), pages 1-11, December.
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