Effects of financial incentives on motivating physical activity among older adults: Results from a discrete choice experiment

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Farooqui, Muhammad Assad ^a   Tan, Yock Theng ^a   Bilger, Marcel ^a   Finkelstein, Eric A ^a,b  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint; Discrete choice; Incentives; Older adults; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGAPORE; WALKING;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SINGAPORE; WALKING;

EID: 84893668518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-141     Document Type: Article

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