title: Commitment contracts as a way to health.
authors.affiliation: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021, USA. shalpern@exchange.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Halpern
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Asch
authors.forename: Kevin G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Volpp
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D032763:Behavior Control / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D032982:Contracts / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D040361:Healthy People Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D015431:Weight Loss