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Can financial incentives improve health equity?
Author(s)Adam Oliver
Journal titleBritish Medical Journal, vol 339, no 7723, 26 September 2009
Pagespp 705-706
Sourcewww.bmj.com
KeywordsHealth [elderly] ; Poverty ; Costs [care] ; Literature reviews.
AnnotationEvidence shows that, if targeted appropriately, financial incentives might improve health equity. Two centres have been studying this subject: the Centre for the Study of Incentives in Health (CSI Health; website www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/biohealth/research/csincenti... a collaboration between King's College London, Queen Mary University of London and the London School of Economics; and the Center for Health Incentives at the University of Pennsylvania (www.med.upenn.edu/ldichi/). Appropriately targeted incentives could reduce inequalities in health outcomes for poorer people. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-091029208 A
ClassmarkCC: W6: QDC: 64A *

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