"Nudge" at all? The jury is still out on financial health incentives

Healthcare Papers

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 31-36

  Mitchell, Marc ^a   Faulkner, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NOTE;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MOTIVATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876384529     PISSN: 1488917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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