Trial reportHealth services research2011
Lottery-based versus fixed incentives to increase clinicians' response to surveys.
Trial report in Health services research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00874510 (Interventions to Improve Fatigue Management Among Physician Trainees), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Interventions to Improve Fatigue Management Among Physician Trainees
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Behavioral Economic Incentives for Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Randomized Trial.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2021Trial
- Monetary incentives for improving smartphone-measured oral hygiene behaviors in young children: A randomized pilot trial.PloS one · 2020Trial
- Effect of Financial Incentives on Patient Use of Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2019Trial
- Efficacy of Patient Activation Interventions With or Without Financial Incentives to Promote Prescribing of Thiazides and Hypertension Control: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2018Trial
- Effect of Recruitment Methods on Response Rate in a Web-Based Study for Primary Care Physicians: Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Trial
- Using incentives to recruit physicians into behavioral trials: lessons learned from four studies.BMC research notes · 2017Trial
- The effect of two lottery-style incentives on response rates to postal questionnaires in a prospective cohort study in preschool children at high risk of asthma: a randomized trial.BMC medical research methodology · 2012Trial
- Messaging Informed by Behavioral Economics and Representativeness in Clinical Research Enrollment: Four Randomized Clinical Trials.JAMA network open · 2026Article
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- Community-Partnered Development of Behavioral Economic Incentives in a Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Intervention for Transgender and Nonbinary Clients in Los Angeles.Research square · 2025Article
- Evaluating strategies to recruit health researchers to participate in online survey research.BMC medical research methodology · 2024Article
- Incentivizing optimal risk map use for Triatoma infestans surveillance in urban environments.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Identifying the fundamental structures and processes of care contributing to emergency general surgery quality using a mixed-methods Donabedian approach.BMC medical research methodology · 2020Article
- Comparison of up-front cash cards and checks as incentives for participation in a clinician survey: a study within a trial.BMC medical research methodology · 2020Article
- A pilot randomized trial of five financial incentive strategies to increase study enrollment and retention rates.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2019Article
- Behavioral economics implementation: Regret lottery improves mHealth patient study adherence.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2019Article
- Estimating ICU Benefit: A Randomized Study of Physicians.Critical care medicine · 2019Article
- Elements of Program Design in Medicare's Value-based and Alternative Payment Models: a Narrative Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2017Review
- Diffusion of Evidence-based Intensive Care Unit Organizational Practices. A State-Wide Analysis.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effects of lottery-based and fixed incentives on clinicians' response to surveys. DATA SOURCES: Three randomized trials with fixed payments and actuarially equivalent lotteries. STUDY
designTrial 1 compared a low-probability/high-payout lottery, a high-probability/low-payout lottery, and no incentive. Trial 2 compared a moderate-probability/moderate-payout lottery with an unconditional fixed payment (payment sent with questionnaire). Trial 3 compared a moderate-probability/moderate-payout lottery with a conditional fixed payment (payment promised following response). PRINCIPAL
findingsNeither the low-probability nor high-probability lotteries improved response compared with no incentive. Unconditional fixed payments produced significantly greater response than actuarially equivalent lotteries, but conditional fixed payments did not.
conclusionsLottery-based incentives do not improve clinicians' response rates compared with no incentives, and they are inferior to unconditional fixed payments.
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