title: Paying patients to comply: an economic analysis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, UK. ag19@york.ac.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giuffrida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gravelle
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005380:Financing, Government; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D018803:Models, Economic; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013660:Taxes / Q000191:economics