Financial incentives for home-based health monitoring: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 770-777

  Sen, Aditi P ^a,b   Sewell, Taylor B ^b,c   Riley, E Brooks ^c   Stearman, Beth ^a,c   Bellamy, Scarlett L ^a   Hu, Michelle F ^c   Tao, Yuanyuan ^a,c   Zhu, Jingsan ^a,c   Park, James D ^c,d   Loewenstein, George ^a,e   Asch, David A ^a,b,c,f   Volpp, Kevin G ^a,b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; chronic disease; disease management; health behavior; health information technology

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL SCALE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 84900838136     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2778-0     Document Type: Article

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