Abstract
Commitment contracts, whereby people deposit money that they receive back only if they succeed, have substantial conceptual appeal as a method of changing health behaviour. Scott Halpern, David Asch, and Kevin Volpp examine the evidence behind them and find many unanswered questions
Publication types
-
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
-
Attitude to Health
-
Behavior Control* / methods
-
Behavior Control* / psychology
-
Contracts* / ethics
-
Contracts* / standards
-
Contracts* / trends
-
Cost-Benefit Analysis
-
Efficiency, Organizational
-
Healthy People Programs* / economics
-
Healthy People Programs* / ethics
-
Healthy People Programs* / trends
-
Humans
-
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / psychology
-
Persuasive Communication
-
Smoking Cessation
-
Weight Loss