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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.

What motivates participants: a qualitative analysis of gamification and financial incentives to increase physical activity

BMC Public Health
May 16, 2025
Eric Ryu, David Farraday, Alexander C. Fanaroff, Samantha Coratti, Neel P. Chokshi, Jingsan Zhu, Julia E. Szymczak, Louise B. Russell, Laurie Norton, Dylan Small, Kevin G. Volpp & Tamar Klaiman

Automated Text Message-Based Program to Improve Uncontrolled Blood Pressure in Primary Care Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of General Internal Medicine
December 4, 2024
Eric Bressman, Klea Profka, Laurie Norton, Kayla Clark, Katy Mahraj, Zakiya Walker, Leslie Reid-Bey, Anthony Girard, Charles Rareshide, Lin Xu, Jingsan Zhu, Mary Putt, Kevin G Volpp, Anna U Morgan

Early Effects of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model on Kidney Transplant Waitlist Additions

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
October 16, 2024
Vishnu S Potluri, Yuvaram N V Reddy, Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, Chen Peng, Qian Huang, Yueming Zhao, Genevieve P Kanter, Jingsan Zhu, Joshua M Liao, Amol S Navathe

Design and Rationale of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart, a Randomized Trial of Effectiveness of a Centrally Organized Approach to Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Improvement Among Patients at Elevated Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

American Heart Journal
September 27, 2024
Kevin G Volpp, K Mahraj, LA Norton, DA Asch, K Glanz, SJ Mehta, M Balasta, W Kellum, J Wood, LB Russell, AC Fanaroff, S Bakshi, D Jacoby, JB Cohen, MJ Press, K Clark, J Zhu, C Rareside, LE Ashcraft, C Snider, ME Putt

Association between mandatory bundled payments and changes in socioeconomic disparities for joint replacement outcomes

Health Services Research
August 11, 2024
Austin S. Kilaru, Joshua M. Liao, Erkuan Wang, Yueming Zhao, Jingsan Zhu, Grace Ng, Torrey Shirk, Deborah S. Cousins, Genevieve P. Kanter, Said Ibrahim, Amol S. Navathe

Investigating racial and gender disparities in virtual randomized clinical trial enrollment: Insights from the BE ACTIVE study

American Heart Journal
July 30, 2024
Michael P Fortunato, Anthony Girard, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Laurie Norton, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Neel Chokshi, Julia E Szymczak, Tamar Klaiman, Louise B Russell, Dylan S Small, Mitesh S Patel, Kevin G M Volpp, Alexander C Fanaroff

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial

Circulation
April 7, 2024
Alexander C. Fanaroff, Mitesh S. Patel, Neel Chokshi, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Laurie Norton, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Tamar Klaiman, Julia E. Szymczak, Louise B. Russell, Dylan S. Small and Kevin G.M. Volpp

Differential Hospital Participation in Bundled Payments in Communities with Higher Shares of Marginalized Populations

Journal of General Internal Medicine
February 6, 2024
Aidan P. Crowley, Sarah Neville, Chuxuan Sun, Qian Erin Huang, Deborah Cousins, Torrey Shirk, Jingsan Zhu, Austin Kilaru, Joshua M. Liao, Amol S. Navathe

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

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

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

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

Performance Drift in a Mortality Prediction Algorithm Among Patients With Cancer During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
January 18, 2023
Ravi B. Parikh, Yichen Zhang, Likhitha Kolla, Corey Chivers, Katherine R. Courtright, Jingsan Zhu, Amol S. Navathe, Jinbo Chen

Performance of Physician Groups and Hospitals Participating in Bundled Payments Among Medicare Beneficiaries

JAMA Health Forum
December 29, 2022
Joshua M. Liao, Qian Huang, Erkuan Wang, Kristin Linn, Torrey Shirk, Jingsan Zhu, Deborah Cousins, Amol S. Navathe

The Association between Bundled Payment Participation and Changes in Medical Episode Outcomes among High-Risk Patients

Healthcare
December 12, 2022
Joshua M. Liao, Erkuan Wang, Ulysses Isidro, Jingsan Zhu, Deborah S. Cousins, Amol S. Navathe

Performance Drift in a Mortality Prediction Algorithm Among Patients With Cancer During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

JAMIA Open
November 21, 2022
Ravi B. Parikh, Yichen Zhang, Likhitha Kolla, Corey Chivers, Katherine R. Courtright, Jingsan Zhu, Amol S. Navathe, Jinbo Chen