The economical control of infectious diseases

Description:

If infectious people can infect other people, who in turn can infect others, and so on--the pure infection externality--government subsidies to affect private behavior should equally favor preventive and curative activities, if people recover to become susceptible again. Otherwise, other subsidy and tax strategies may make more sense.

subjects: Communicable diseases,  Costs,  Economic aspects,  Economic aspects of Communicable diseases,  Government policy,  Prevention,  Preventive health services,  Social aspects,  Social aspects of Communicable diseases