Economic incentives as preventive medicine

Economic incentives for preventive care.

Authors' conclusions Definitions for neither 'prevention' nor 'economic incentive' are specifically addressed in the literature. Research on the effects of incentive interventions on preventive care and health promotion appears to be driven by policy considerations. Definitions for preventive care and economic incentives are not emphasized in the literature, not only in terms of locating the in...

Economic Incentives for Preventive Care: Summary

The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) recent Quality Chasm report suggests that the U.S. health care system requires major reengineering, including major realignment of incentives, if health care is to provide collaborative quality care and care management and effectively prevent and manage chronic disease. Growing recognition of this need for realignment has led to “pay for quality” initiatives fo...

Preventive Medicine

Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between receptivity to cigarette promotions and smoking uptake in a cohort of adolescents. Methods and Measures. This was a prospective cohort study of 480 4thto 11th-grade students conducted in three rural Vermont K–12 schools. Cigarette use was determined by self-report at baseline, 12 months (survey 2), and 21 months (surv...

Preventive Medicine

Background. African Americans have low immunization rates, yet little is known about their immunization knowledge, attitudes, and practices or about the effect of outreach to this audience. In Spring 1997, the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) launched a statewide culturally sensitive and ethnically specific media campaign directed toward African Americans. This campaign was prece...

Preventive Medicine