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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
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Publications

Take a look at CHIBE’s publications, which are helping advance the science of using behavioral economics to improve health and leading to discoveries around how our minds work.

Quantifying and Correcting Bias Due to Outcome Dependent Self-Reported Weights in Longitudinal Study of Weight Loss Interventions

Scientific Reports
November 4, 2023
Jiayi Tong, Rui Duan, Ruowang Li, Chongliang Luo, Jason H. Moore, Jingsan Zhu, Gary D. Foster, Kevin G. Volpp, William S. Yancy, Pamela A. Shaw, Yong Chen

Coaching for Better Health: Lessons from Elite Sport

NEJM Catalyst
November 1, 2023
Kevin Volpp and Alisa Camplin-Warner

Public Views on Medicaid Work Requirements and Mandatory Premiums in Kentucky

JAMA Health Forum
October 20, 2023
Kristen Underhill, Elizabeth F. Bair, Erica L. Dixon, William J. Ferrell, Kristin A. Linn, Kevin G. Volpp, Atheendar S. Venkataramani

Food Is Medicine: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association

Circulation
September 28, 2023
Kevin G. Volpp, Seth A. Berkowitz, Shreela V. Sharma, Cheryl A. M. Anderson, LaPrincess C. Brewer, Mitchell S. V. Elkind, Christopher D. Gardner, Julie E. Gervis, Robert A. Harrington, Mario Herrero, Alice H. Lichtenstein, Mark McClellan, Jen Muse, Christina A. Roberto, Justin P. V. Zachariah; American Heart Association

Qualitative Analysis of a Remote Monitoring Intervention for Managing Heart Failure

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
September 7, 2023
Tamar Klaiman, L. G. Iannotte, Michael Josephs, Louise B. Russell, Laurie Norton, Shivan Mehta, Andrea Troxel, Jingsan Zhu, Kevin Volpp, David A. Asch

Philadelphia Beverage Tax and Association With Prices, Purchasing, and Individual-Level Substitution in a National Pharmacy Chain

JAMA Network Open
July 3, 2023
Sophia V. Hua, Joshua Petimar, Nandita Mitra, Christina A. Roberto, Erica L. Kenney, Anne N. Thorndike, Eric B. Rimm, Kevin G. Volpp, Laura A. Gibson

Using Remotely Monitored Patient Activity Patterns After Hospital Discharge To Predict 30 Day Hospital Readmission: A Randomized Trial

Scientific Reports
May 22, 2023
Mitesh S. Patel, Kevin G. Volpp, Dylan S. Small, Genevieve P. Kanter, Sae-Hwan Park, Chalanda N. Evans, Daniel Polsky

How Physician Self-Perceptions Affect the Impact of Peer Comparison Feedback on Opioid Prescribing

American Journal of Medical Quality
April 5, 2023
Joshua M. Liao, Chuxuan Sun, Xiaowei S. Yan, Mitesh S. Patel, Dylan S. Small, William M. Isenberg, Howard M. Landa, Barbara L. Bond, Charles A. L. Rareshide, Kevin G. Volpp, M. Kit Delgado, Victor J. Lei, Zijun Shen, Amol S. Navathe

Behavioural Economic Interventions To Embed Palliative Care in Community Oncology (BE-EPIC): Study Protocol for the BE-EPIC Randomised Controlled Trial

BMJ Open
March 24, 2023
Ravi B. Parikh, Ramy Sedhom, William J. Ferrell, Katherine Villarin, Kara Berwanger, Bethann Scarborough, Randall Oyer, Pallavi Kumar, Niharika Ganta, Shanthi Sivendran, Jinbo Chen, Kevin G. Volpp, Justin E. Bekelman

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients with Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: Rationale and Design of the BE ACTIVE Study

American Heart Journal
March 2, 2023
Alexander C. Fanaroff, Mitesh S. Patel, Neel Chokshi, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Laurie Norton, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Julia E. Szymczak, Louise B. Russell, Dylan S. Small, Kevin G. M. Volpp

Effects of Sugary Beverage Text and Pictorial Warnings: A Randomized Trial

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
February 9, 2023
Aviva A. Musicus, Laura A. Gibson, Scarlett L. Bellamy, Jennifer A. Orr, David Hammond, Karen Glanz, Kevin G Volpp 2, Marlene B. Schwartz, Amy Bleakley, Andrew A. Strasser, Christina A. Roberto

Food Allergy Management for Adolescents Using Behavioral Incentives: A Randomized Trial

Pediatrics
January 23, 2023
Roxanne Dupuis, Rachel Feuerstein-Simon, Terri F. Brown-Whitehorn, Jonathan M. Spergel, Kevin G. Volpp, Xochitl Luna Marti, Andrea B. Troxel, Zachary F. Meisel, Cynthia J. Mollen, Erica L. Kenney, Jason Block, Steven L. Gortmaker, Carolyn C. Cannuscio

Qualitative Analysis of a Remote Monitoring Intervention for Managing Heart Failure

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
January 20, 2023
Tamar Klaiman, L. G. Ianotte, Michael Josephs, Louise B. Russell, Laurie Norton, Shivan Mehta, Andrea Troxel, Jingsan Zhu, Kevin Volpp, David Asch

Improving Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates-Optimization Given Constraints

JAMA Cardiology
December 1, 2022
Kevin G. Volpp, Benjamin S. Abella

Effect of Nudges to Clinicians, Patients, or Both to Increase Statin Prescribing: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Cardiology
December 1, 2022
Srinath Adusumalli, Genevieve P. Kanter, Dylan S. Small, David A. Asch, Kevin G. Volpp, Sae-Hwan Park, Yevgeniy Gitelman, David Do, Damien Leri, Corinne Rhodes, Christine VanZandbergen, John T. Howell, Mika Epps, Ann M. Cavella, Michael Wenger, Tory O. Harrington, Kayla Clark, Julie E. Westover, Christopher K. Snider, Mitesh S. Patel

Study Protocol: Behavioral Economics and Self-Determination Theory To Change Diabetes Risk (BEST Change)

Contemporary Clinical Trials
November 29, 2022
Eli W. Carter, Harita S. Vadari, Shelley Stoll, Baylee Rogers, Kenneth Resnicow, Michele Heisler, William H. Herman, H. Myra Kim, Laura N. McEwen, Kevin G. Volpp, Jeffrey T. Kullgren