title: Patients as mercenaries?: the ethics of using financial incentives in the war on unhealthy behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Incentives, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Halpern
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Madison
authors.forename: Kevin G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Volpp
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017049:Employer Health Costs; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009042:Motivation / Q000941:ethics*; D018579:Patient Selection / Q000941:ethics*; D012201:Reward; D012307:Risk Factors; D012945:Social Values