Should young people be paid for getting tested? A national comparative study to evaluate patient financial incentives for chlamydia screening

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zenner, Dominik ^a   Molinar, Darko ^a   Nichols, Tom ^a   Riha, Johanna ^a   MacIntosh, Mary ^a   Nardone, Anthony ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Incentives; Observational study; Screening; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859135852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-261     Document Type: Article

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