Invitations, Incentives, and Conditions : A Randomized Evaluation of Demand-Side Interventions for Health Screenings

This randomized controlled trial investigates the impact of four demand-side interventions on health screening for diabetes and hypertension among Armenian adults. The interventions are 1) personalized invitations from a physician, 2) personalized invitations with information about peer screening be...

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Main Authors: de Walque, Damien, Chukwuma, Adanna, Ayivi-Guedehoussou, Nono, Koshkakaryan, Marianna
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Published: Elsevier 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36996
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spelling okr-10986-369962022-02-18T05:10:31Z Invitations, Incentives, and Conditions : A Randomized Evaluation of Demand-Side Interventions for Health Screenings de Walque, Damien Chukwuma, Adanna Ayivi-Guedehoussou, Nono Koshkakaryan, Marianna NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE HYPERTENSION DIABETES HEALTH SCREENINGS INCENTIVE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PRIMARY HEALTH CARE This randomized controlled trial investigates the impact of four demand-side interventions on health screening for diabetes and hypertension among Armenian adults. The interventions are 1) personalized invitations from a physician, 2) personalized invitations with information about peer screening behavior, 3) personalized invitations with a labeled but unconditional financial incentive, and 4) personal invitations with a conditional financial incentive. Compared with the control group, interventions 1 to 3 led to a significant increase in the screening rate of about 15 percentage points for diabetes and hypertension. The highest impact was measured for intervention 4 leading to a 31.2 percentage point increase in both screenings. 2022-02-17T13:54:43Z 2022-02-17T13:54:43Z 2022-03 Journal Article Social Science and Medicine http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36996 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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topic NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE
HYPERTENSION
DIABETES
HEALTH SCREENINGS
INCENTIVE
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
spellingShingle NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE
HYPERTENSION
DIABETES
HEALTH SCREENINGS
INCENTIVE
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
de Walque, Damien
Chukwuma, Adanna
Ayivi-Guedehoussou, Nono
Koshkakaryan, Marianna
Invitations, Incentives, and Conditions : A Randomized Evaluation of Demand-Side Interventions for Health Screenings
description This randomized controlled trial investigates the impact of four demand-side interventions on health screening for diabetes and hypertension among Armenian adults. The interventions are 1) personalized invitations from a physician, 2) personalized invitations with information about peer screening behavior, 3) personalized invitations with a labeled but unconditional financial incentive, and 4) personal invitations with a conditional financial incentive. Compared with the control group, interventions 1 to 3 led to a significant increase in the screening rate of about 15 percentage points for diabetes and hypertension. The highest impact was measured for intervention 4 leading to a 31.2 percentage point increase in both screenings.
format Journal Article
author de Walque, Damien
Chukwuma, Adanna
Ayivi-Guedehoussou, Nono
Koshkakaryan, Marianna
author_facet de Walque, Damien
Chukwuma, Adanna
Ayivi-Guedehoussou, Nono
Koshkakaryan, Marianna
author_sort de Walque, Damien
title Invitations, Incentives, and Conditions : A Randomized Evaluation of Demand-Side Interventions for Health Screenings
title_short Invitations, Incentives, and Conditions : A Randomized Evaluation of Demand-Side Interventions for Health Screenings
title_full Invitations, Incentives, and Conditions : A Randomized Evaluation of Demand-Side Interventions for Health Screenings
title_fullStr Invitations, Incentives, and Conditions : A Randomized Evaluation of Demand-Side Interventions for Health Screenings
title_full_unstemmed Invitations, Incentives, and Conditions : A Randomized Evaluation of Demand-Side Interventions for Health Screenings
title_sort invitations, incentives, and conditions : a randomized evaluation of demand-side interventions for health screenings
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2022
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36996
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