" Pay them if it works" : Discrete choice experiments on the acceptability of financial incentives to change health related behaviour

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2509-2514

  Promberger, Marianne ^a   Dolan, Paul ^b   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Health incentives; Public policy; UK

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; INCENTIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FINANCIAL INCENTIVE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; ONLINE SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC POLICY; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84869489960     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.033     Document Type: Article

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