Research
Learn more about the research behind Aqueduct’s personalized communications and Contingency Management system
Rewarding Healthy Behaviors—Pay Patients for Performance
Offering incentives to patients for reaching health goals has the potential to foster a stronger partnership between doctors and patients and improve health outcomes.
Public Programs Are Using Incentives to Promote Healthy Behavior
Among states, there is growing interest in offering incentives to those enrolled in public health plans to promote healthy behaviors.
Changing health behaviors using financial incentives: a review from behavioral economics
Incentives are central to economics and are used across the public and private sectors to influence behavior.
Designing Effective Health Communications: A Meta Analysis
This study outlines the interactions between public health messaging tactics and individual recipient characteristics on patients’ intentions to adhere with health recommendations. The results, which are based on 60 studies involving nearly 22,500 participants, show that there is significant opportunity to tailor health communications more efficiently.