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Reminders, Cost Sharing, and Healthcare Use

NCT05117333 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 47398

Last updated 2022-08-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators conduct a large-scale randomized controlled trial in Finland by sending three types of information letters to households to examine whether the reminder letters affect healthcare use. All letters remind of the importance of seeking care to treat potential health problems.

This study has two primary objectives are: to evaluate the effects of an information nudge reminding on the importance of diagnosing and treating health problems and to evaluate the effects of additionally providing information on the fact that primary care nurse visits have become exempt from copayments. Main outcomes include the number of primary care nurse visits and general practitioner (GP) visits in a six-month follow-up.

Conditions

  • Health Care Utilization
  • Health Care Seeking Behavior
  • Health Behavior

Interventions

OTHER

Reminder (information letter)

Reminders

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

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Principal Investigators

  • Lauri Sääksvuori, PhD · Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and University of Turku

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-01
Primary Completion
2022-04-01
Completion
2022-04-01

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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