Optimal Expectations and Limited Medical Testing: Evidence from Huntington Disease¶
Oster, E., Shoulson, I., & Dorsey, E. R. (2013). Optimal Expectations and Limited Medical Testing: Evidence from Huntington Disease: Evidence from Huntington Disease. American Economic Review.
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- Yet across many clinics only a minority of eligible at-risk adults choose to be tested, and uptake is lowest precisely where the anticipated result is a verdict that little can be done about.
This sourceAn economic study of Huntington’s disease finding presymptomatic testing rare despite the test being perfectly predictive and carrying little economic cost.
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“Although genetic testing is perfectly predictive and carries little economic cost, presymptomatic testing is rare. Testing rates increase with increases in ex ante risk of having HD.”
- Yet across many clinics only a minority of eligible at-risk adults choose to be tested, and uptake is lowest precisely where the anticipated result is a verdict that little can be done about.
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