Testing, Testing: What SARS-CoV-2 testing services do adults in the United States actually want?

ABSTRACT: Importance: Ascertaining preferences for SARS-CoV-2 testing and incorporating findings into the design and implementation of strategies for delivering testing services may enhance testing uptake and engagement, a prerequisite to reducing onward transmission. Objective: To determine important drivers of decisions to obtain a SARS-CoV-2 test in the context of increasing community transmission. Design : A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was used to assess the relative importance of type of SARS-CoV-2 test, specimen type, testing venue, and results turnaround time. Uptake of an optimized testing scenario was simulated relative to the current typical testing scenario of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) via nasopharyngeal (NP) swab in a provider office or urgent care clinic

SUBMITTER: Zimba R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523137 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature