Leveraging behavioral economics to improve heart failure care and outcomes

Circulation

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 765-772

  Chang, Leslie L ^a,b   DeVore, Adam D ^a,b   Granger, Bradi B ^c   Eapen, Zubin J ^a,b   Ariely, Dan ^d   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral; Economics; Heart failure; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; ENDOWMENT EFFECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85030618202     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028380     Document Type: Article

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