Unlike many other states across America that struggled to get enough diagnostic tests for coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) this past spring, New Mexico was able to not only meet the demand for testing symptomatic patients, but was able to begin expanding its screening to asymptomatic individuals. How did this largely rural and relatively low-income state—among the bottom five states in population density [1] and median income per capita [2] —stay on top of testing when larger and wealthier states fell behind? The answer lies in both centralization and diversification.

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COVID-19 测试：新墨西哥做对了什么

不同于许多其他去年春天，美国各州都在努力获得足够的 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 诊断测试，但新墨西哥州不仅能够满足对有症状患​​者进行检测的需求，而且能够开始将筛查范围扩大到无症状患者。在人口密度最低的五个州中，这个主要是农村且收入相对较低的州是如何做到的？[1] 和人均收入中位数 [2]—当较大和较富裕的州落后时保持在测试的首位？答案在于中心化和多元化。