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Small cash rewards for big losers : experimental insights into the fight against the obesity epidemic

Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2014

We complement the empirical evidence on the sustainability of weight loss achieved through cash rewards and, for the first time, rigorously examine the potential of cash rewards to prevent weight cycling. In a three period randomized controlled trial, about 700 obese persons were first assigned...

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The causal link between financial incentives and weight loss : an evidence-based survey of the literature

Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R.; Reinermann, Holger - 2011

is through the use of financial incentives. In this survey, we review the available evidence with a significant emphasis … on studies that yield credible estimates of the effect of financial incentives on weight loss. We find that the … estimates of the effect. -- Financial incentives ; weight loss ; obesity ; randomized experiment ; survey …

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Does money burn fat? : evidence from a randomized experiment

Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012

We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 … that financial incentives can motivate people to lose weight significantly. -- Randomized experiment ; financial incentives …

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How do non-monetary performance incentives for physicians affect the quality of medical care? : a laboratory experiment ; conference paper

Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja; Krieger, Miriam - 2014

In recent years, several countries have introduced non-monetary performance incentives for health care providers to … improve the quality of medical care. Evidence on the effect of non-monetary feedback incentives, predominantly in the form of … date has not succeeded in distinguishing between the effects of monetary and non-monetary incentives, which are usually …

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Heterogeneous causal effects of financial incentives on weight loss : results of a large prospective randomized trial

Reuss-Borst, Monika; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2012

financial incentives have heterogeneous effects on weight reduction. While two treatment groups obtain EUR 150 and EUR 300 … financial incentives. Our conclusions are the following: (1) monetary rewards effectively induce obese individuals to reduce … not lose weight via conventional weight-loss intervention programs, financial incentives are an effective supplement to …

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Sorting into physician payment schemes : a laboratory experiment

Brosig-Koch, Jeannette; Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja; Kokot, … - 2014

Most common physician payment schemes include some form of traditional capitation or fee-for-service payment. While health economics research often focuses on direct incentive effects of these payments, we demonstrate that the opportunity to sort into one’s preferred payment scheme may also...

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Physicians' incentives, patients' characteristics, and quality of care : a systematic experimental comparison of fee-for-service, capitation, and pay for performance

Brosig-Koch, Jeannette; Groß, Mona; Hennig-Schmidt, Heike - 2021

This paper systematically studies how performance pay, complementing either baseline feefor-service or capitation, affects physicians' medical service provision and the quality of care. Using a series of controlled experiments with physicians and students, we test the incentive effect of...

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How do non-monetary performance incentives for physicians affect the quality of medical care? : a laboratory experiment

Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja; Krieger, Miriam - 2013

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How effective are pay-for-performance incentives for physicians? : a laboratory experiment

Brosig-Koch, Jeannette; Hennig-Schmidt, Heike; … - 2013

Recent reforms in health care have introduced a variety of pay-for-performance programs using financial incentives for … effect of financial incentives from the ones of various other simultaneous changes in the system. In this study we … investigate the effects of introducing financial pay-for-performance incentives with the help of controlled laboratory experiments …

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You can win by losing! : using self-betting as a commitment device : evidence from a weight loss program

Hirt-Schierbaum, Linda; Ivets, Maryna - 2020

In this paper we investigate the influence of financial incentives on agents’ commitment success who use a self … financial incentives incorporated into the self-bet mechanism encourage commitment and weight loss. More specifically, by …

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