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Incentives for Primary Care Use in a Safety Net Setting

NCT02922855 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1228

Last updated 2018-06-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of incentives for an initial primary care visit within 6 months of enrollment in a health care coverage program. Study subjects are drawn from a low-income adult population that gains coverage and access to community-based primary care services under a program administered by an academic safety-net hospital. The investigators will offer financial incentives to encourage an initial primary care visit within 6 months of enrollment and evaluate whether the primary care visit altered subsequent health seeking behavior and influenced patient satisfaction and other outcomes such as self-reported health status.

Conditions

  • Health Care Utilization
  • Primary Care Physician
  • Uninsured

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

0 dollars group

Those assigned to the $0 group will not receive an incentive for visiting their PCP.

BEHAVIORAL

50 dollars group

Those assigned to the $50 group will receive $50 if they visit their PCP within 6 months of study enrollment.

BEHAVIORAL

25 dollars group

Those assigned to the $25 group will receive $25 if they visit their PCP within 6 months of study enrollment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    collaborator FED

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cathy Bradley, Phd · PI

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-11-08
Completion
2016-11-08

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