The role of behavioral economic incentive design and demographic characteristics in financial incentive-based approaches to changing health behaviors: A meta-analysis

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 314-323

  Haff, Nancy ^a   Patel, Mitesh S ^b,c,d,e,f   Lim, Raymond ^c,d,f   Zhu, Jingsan ^c,d   Troxel, Andrea B ^c,d   Asch, David A ^b,c,d,e,f   Volpp, Kevin G ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Penn CMU Roybal P30 Center in Behavioral Economics and Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Behavioral economics; Demographics; Education; Financial incentives; Gender; Health behavior change; Incentive structure; Income; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929306950     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: 21686602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.140714-LIT-333     Document Type: Article

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