Financial incentives to reduce risky health behaviors?

Monday, November 21, 2011 - 14:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Researchers looked at why financial incentives for patients could be a good thing to change risky health behaviors. They suggest that incentives are likely to be particularly effective at altering "simple" behaviors, e.g., take-up of immunizations, primarily among socially disadvantaged groups.

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