Acceptability of financial incentives for health behaviours: A discrete choice experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Giles, Emma L ^a,b   Becker, Frauke ^a   Ternent, Laura ^a   Sniehotta, Falko F ^a   McColl, Elaine ^a   Adams, Jean ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL INCENTIVE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOPPING; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

EID: 84976328612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157403     Document Type: Article

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