ArticleJournal of medical ethics2010
Acceptability of offering financial incentives to achieve medication adherence in patients with severe mental illness: a focus group study.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Can incentives improve antipsychotic adherence in major mental illness? A mixed-methods systematic review.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Do financial incentives increase mental health treatment engagement? A meta-analysis.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Ethical acceptability of offering financial incentives for taking antipsychotic depot medication: patients' and clinicians' perspectives after a 12-month randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2017Trial
- Offering financial incentives to increase adherence to antipsychotic medication: the clinician experience.Journal of clinical psychopharmacology · 2015Trial
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- Money for medication: a randomized controlled study on the effectiveness of financial incentives to improve medication adherence in patients with psychotic disorders.BMC psychiatry · 2014Trial
- Effectiveness of financial incentives to improve adherence to maintenance treatment with antipsychotics: cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2013Trial
- Development of an intervention to incentivize secure firearm storage among veterans at risk for suicide.Injury epidemiology · 2026Article
- Financial incentives and long-acting injectable antipsychotics engagement: community mental health professionals' perspectives.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Financial incentives to improve adherence: more clarity about their purpose may help the debate.BJPsych bulletin · 2023Article
- Take patients seriously when they say financial incentives help with adherence.BJPsych bulletin · 2023Review
- Experiences of conditional and unconditional cash transfers intended for improving health outcomes and health service use: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
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- Using financial incentives to support service engagement of adults experiencing homelessness and mental illness: A qualitative analysis of key stakeholder perspectives.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Medication Gaps and Antipsychotic Polypharmacy in Previously Hospitalized Schizophrenia Patients: An Electronic Cohort Study in Three Canadian Provinces.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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- The Impact of Financial Incentives on Service Engagement Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness and Mental Illness: A Pragmatic Trial Protocol.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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- Clinical Relevance of Informal Coercion in Psychiatric Treatment-A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2016Review
- Development of the Health Incentive Program Questionnaire (HIP-Q) in a cardiac rehabilitation population.Translational behavioral medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundOffering financial incentives to achieve medication adherence in patients with severe mental illness is controversial.
aimsTo explore the views of different stakeholders on the ethical acceptability of the practice.
methodFocus group study consisting of 25 groups with different stakeholders.
resultsEleven themes dominated the discussions and fell into four categories: (1) 'wider concerns', including the value of medication, source of funding, how patients would use the money, and a presumed government agenda behind the idea; (2) 'problems requiring clear policies', comprising of practicalities and assurance that incentives are only one part of a tool kit; (3) 'challenges for research and experience', including effectiveness, the possibility of perverse incentives, and impact on the therapeutic relationship; (4) 'inherent dilemmas' around fairness and potential coercion.
conclusionsThe use of financial incentives is likely to raise similar concerns in most stakeholders, only some of which can be addressed by empirical research and clear policies.
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