Effect of financial incentives to physicians, patients, or both on lipid levels: a randomized clinical trial
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
- Author(s):
- Asch, David A., author Troxel, Andrea B., author Stewart, Walter F., author Sequist, Thomas D., author Jones, James B., author Hirsch, AnneMarie G., author Hoffer, Karen, author Zhu, Jingsan, author Wang, Wenli, author Hodolfski, Amanda, author Frasch, Antoinette B., author Weiner, Mark G., author Finnerty, Darra D., author Rosenthal, Meredith B., author Gangemi, Kelsey, author Volpp, Kevin G., author
- Contributor(s):
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2016
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Cholesterol, LDL Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors -- therapeutic use Hypercholesterolemia -- drug therapy Medication Adherence Motivation Reimbursement, Incentive Goals Physicians, Family Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- KEY FINDINGS: Can financial incentives be used to reduce cholesterol levels in high-risk patients? This randomized trial says modest reductions can be achieved only by targeting incentives to both patients and physicians, not to one or the other. THE QUESTION. To whom should financial incentives be targeted to achieve a desired clinical or health outcome? Physician and patient incentives are becoming more common, but they are rarely combined, and effectiveness of these approaches is not well-established. Using insight from behavioral economics, a research team led by LDI Senior Fellows David Asch and Kevin Volpp sought to determine whether physician financial incentives, patient incentives, or shared physician and patient incentives are more effective in promoting medication adherence and reducing cholesterol levels of patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease. Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 314, Number 18.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101679506 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101679506