Using financial incentives to achieve healthy behaviour

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7701, 2009, Pages 983-985

  Marteau, Theresa M ^a   Ashcroft, Richard E ^b   Oliver, Adam ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 67649219032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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