Coupling Financial Incentives With Direct Mail in Population-Based Practice: A Randomized Trial of Mammography Promotion

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 165-174

  Slater, Jonathan S ^a   Parks, Michael J ^a   Malone, Michael E ^a   Henly, George A ^b   Nelson, Christina L ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

direct mail; financial incentives; mammography; Medicare; population based programs; practice based research

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; MINNESOTA; MOTIVATION; POSTAL MAIL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; MINNESOTA; MOTIVATION; POSTAL SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011339668     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198116646714     Document Type: Article

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