Redesigning Employee Health Incentives — Lessons from Behavioral Economics

Kevin G. Volpp, David A. Asch, Robert Galvin, George Loewenstein

New England Journal of Medicine · 2011 · 216 citations · 3 references

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Redesigning Employee Health IncentivesStarting in 2014, employers will be able to use a portion of employees' health insurance premiums to provide outcome-based wellness incentives to try to cut health care costs. But evidence that such programs work is scant. Lessons from behavioral economics might help.

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