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Paying patients to comply: an economic analysis
Author(s) -
Giuffrida Antonio,
Gravelle Hugh
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
health economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1099-1050
pISSN - 1057-9230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(1998110)7:7<569::aid-hec376>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - incentive , compliance (psychology) , payment , actuarial science , business , patient compliance , public economics , medicine , accounting , operations management , economics , family medicine , finance , psychology , social psychology , microeconomics
A significant proportion of patients do not complete prescribed treatment or do not follow medical advice. There is evidence that financial incentives can increase compliance. We present a model of patient compliance and use it to examine the circumstances in which patients should be paid to comply with treatment and discuss the factors determining the optimal level of payment to patients. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.