Acceptability of financial incentives to improve health outcomes in UK and US samples

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 682-687

  Promberger, Marianne ^a   Brown, Rebecca C H ^b   Ashcroft, Richard E ^b   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955233155     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.039347     Document Type: Article

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