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A screening test is applied to a population of 1,000 in which the prevalence of the...

  1. A screening test is applied to a population of 1,000 in which the prevalence of the disease in question is 10%. The sensitivity of this test is 96% and the specificity is 92%. The cost of screening the 1000 people is $50 (fifty dollars) per person. A newer screening test has the same sensitivity, a specificity of 96%, but costs $0.50 (fifty cents) more per test than the older screening test. For each person with a positive result from either test, a follow-up diagnostic test must be done that costs an additional $50 (fifty dollars).
    1. Calculate how much money would be saved or lost by choosing the newer screening test (1)?

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