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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.

Measuring Quality-Weighted Hospital-Free-Days in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Modified Delphi Study

Annals of the American Thoracic Society
March 20, 2024
Catherine L. Auriemma, Maayra I. Butt, Melanie Bahti, Jasmine A. Silvestri, Ellen Solomon, Michael O. Harhay, Tamar Klaiman, Marilyn M. Schapira, Frances K. Barg, Scott D. Halpern

How Do Surrogates Make Treatment Decisions for Patients With Dementia: An Experimental Survey Study

Health Economics
February 15, 2024
Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Kenneth M. Langa, Scott D. Halpern, Mario Macis

Default Palliative Care Consultation for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial

JAMA Network
January 16, 2024
Katherine R. Courtright, Vanessa Madden, Brian Bayes, Marzana Chowdhury, Casey Whitman, Dylan S. Small, Michael O. Harhay, Suzanne Parra, Elizabeth Cooney-Zingman, Mary Ersek, Gabriel J. Escobar, Sarah H. Hill, Scott D. Halpern

Integrating Cost into Shared Decision-Making for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (POCKET-COST-HF): A Trial Providing Out-of-Pocket Costs for Heart Failure Medications during Clinical Encounters

American Heart Journal
December 12, 2023
Sarah C. Montembeau, Birju R. Rao, Andrea R. Mitchell, Candace D. Speight, Larry A. Allen, Scott D. Halpern, Yi-An Ko, Daniel D. Matlock, Miranda A. Moore, Alanna A. Morris, Laura D. Scherer, Peter Ubel, Neal W. Dickert

A Data-Driven Analysis of Ward Capacity Strain Metrics That Predict Clinical Outcomes Among Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure

Journal of Medical Systems
August 5, 2023
Rachel Kohn, Michael O. Harhay, Gary E. Weissman, Ryan Urbanowicz, Wei Wang, George L. Anesi, Stefania Scott, Brian Bayes, S. Ryan Greysen, Scott D. Halpern, Meeta Prasad Kerlin

Decision Making for Patients With Severe Dementia Versus Normal Cognition Near the End of Life

Innovation in Aging
August 1, 2023
Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Scott D. Halpern, David R. Weir, Micah Y. Baum, Marie Nolan, Joseph Gallo, Kenneth M. Langa

Structured Mobilization for Critically Ill Patients: A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
July 2, 2023
William D. Schweickert, Julianne Jablonski, Brian Bayes, Marzana Chowdhury, Casey Whitman, Jenny Tian, Bryan Blette, Teresa Tran, Scott D. Halpern

The Conditional Effects of Multimorbidity on Operative vs Non-Operative Management of Emergency General Surgery Conditions: A Retrospective Observational Study Using an Instrumental Variable Analysis

Annals of Surgery
May 22, 2023
Claire B. Rosen, Sanford E. Roberts, Chris J. Wirtalla, Luke J. Keele, Elinore J. Kaufman, Scott D. Halpern, Patrick M. Reilly, Mark D. Neuman, Rachel R. Kelz

Racial Disparities in Length of Stay Among Severely Ill Patients Presenting With Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Failure

JAMA Network Open
May 9, 2023
Christopher F. Chesley, Marzana Chowdhury, Dylan S. Small, Douglas Schaubel, Vincent X. Liu, Meghan B. Lane-Fall, Scott D. Halpern, George L. Anesi

Why Diverse Clinical Trial Participation Matters

The New England Journal of Medicine
April 6, 2023
Aaron L. Schwartz, Marcella Alsan, Alanna A. Morris, Scott D. Halpern

Evaluating Equity in Performance of an Electronic Health Record-Based 6-Month Mortality Risk Model To Trigger Palliative Care Consultation: A Retrospective Model Validation Analysis

BMJ Quality & Safety
March 31, 2023
Stephanie Teeple, Corey Chivers, Kristin A. Linn, Scott D. Halpern, Nwamaka Eneanya, Michael Draugelis, Katherine Courtright

Structured Mobilization for Critically Ill Patients: A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
March 30, 2023
William D. Schweickert, Julianne Jablonski, Brian Bayes, Marzana Chowdhury, Casey Whitman, Jenny Tian, Bryan Blette, Teresa Tran, Scott D. Halpern

Participants’ Perspectives on Payment for Research Participation: A Qualitative Study

Ethics & Human Research
October 31, 2022
Emily A. Largent, Whitney Eriksen, Frances K. Barg, S. Ryan Greysen, Scott D. Halpern

Analyzing Impact of Multimorbidity on Long-Term Outcomes after Emergency General Surgery: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
October 17, 2022
Claire B. Rosen, Sanford E. Roberts, Chris J. Wirtalla, Omar I. Ramadan, Luke J. Keele, Elinore J. Kaufman, Scott D. Halpern, Rachel R. Kelz

Among-Hospital Variation in ICU Admission Practices and Associated Outcomes for Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure

Annals of the American Thoracic Society
July 28, 2022
George L. Anesi, Erich Dress, Marzana Chowdhury, Wei Wang, Dylan S. Small, M. Kit Delgado, Brian Bayes, Julia E. Szymczak, Lindsay W. Glassman, Fernando X. Barreda, Jonathan Z. Weiner, Gabriel J. Escobar, Scott D. Halpern, Vincent X. Liu

Impact of Financial Considerations on Willingness to Take Sacubitril/Valsartan for Heart Failure

Journal of the American Heart Association
June 20, 2022
Birju R. Rao, MD, Candace D. Speight, MPH, Larry A. Allen, MD, MHS, Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, Yi‐An Ko, PhD, Daniel D. Matlock, MD, MPH, Miranda A. Moore, PhD, Alanna A. Morris, MD, MSc, Laura D. Scherer, PhD, Mary C. Thomson, BA, Peter Ubel, MD and Neal W. Dickert, MD, PhD