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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.

Factors associated with discharge to skilled nursing despite a clinical recommendation for inpatient rehabilitation

Journal of Stroke & Cardiovascular Diseases
June 1, 2026
Kiersten M. McCartney; Ruiqi Yan; Lin Xu; Rujula Upasani; Stephen Hampton; Robert E. Burke; M. Kit Delgado; Kimberly J. Waddell

Factors associated with discharge to skilled nursing despite a clinical recommendation for inpatient rehabilitation

Journal of Stroke & Cardiovascular Diseases
June 1, 2026
Kiersten M. McCartney, Ruiqi Yan, Lin Xu, Rujula Upasani, Stephen Hampton, Robert E. Burke, M. Kit Delgado, Kimberly J. Waddell

Patient-reported Opioid use and Pain Management After Living Kidney Donation

Transplantation Direct
June 1, 2026
Amanda Leonberg-Yoo, Kristin E. Leonberg, Samir Abu Gazala, Sarah Hryzak, Robert R. Redfield III, Ronald F. Parsons, Anish K. Agarwal, M. Kit Delgado, Daniel Lee, Jennifer Trofe

An Emergency Department Nudge-Based Strategy to Screen and Treat Patients With Alcohol Misuse

Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 14, 2026
Jeffrey P. Ebert, Samantha Huo, Jeanmarie Perrone, Jeffrey Moon, Nikhil K. Mull, Emilia J. Flores, Laurel Adams, Arielle Berk, Hannah Dart, Nicole O'Donnell, Ruiying A. Xiong, Lin Xu, Christopher Snider, Zhe Chen, Mika Epps, M. Kit Delgado

Factors Associated With Differences in the Recommended Versus Actual Discharge Location After Stroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
April 9, 2026
Kimberly J. Waddell, Ruiqi Yan, Lin Xu, Stephen Hampton, Robert E. Burke, Rujula Upasani, Kiersten M. McCartney, Mucio Kit Delgado

Multisite External Validation of a Clinical Screening Tool for Interpersonal Firearm Violence Risk

Annals of Internal Medicine
April 7, 2026
Jason E Goldstick, Patrick M Carter, M Kit Delgado, Lauren Whiteside, Rebecca M Cunningham

Adolescent and parent dyad perceptions on the utility and implementation ability to use cellphone-based technology to reduce distracted driving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Injury Prevention
March 11, 2026
Kevin Rix, Rachel Solomon, Mallory Lacy, M. Kit Delgado, Jeffrey P. Ebert, Douglas J. Wiebe, Catherine Claire McDonald

A contemporary examination of the effect of driver training for reducing crash risk in novice adolescent drivers: protocol for the DRIVER study, a random assignment trial

Injury Epidemiology
December 1, 2025
Elizabeth A Walshe, Daniel Romer, Michael R Elliott, Keith S Baxelbaum, M Kit Delgado, Jeffrey P Ebert, Flaura K Winston

A national randomized field experiment testing the impact of simulated usage-based insurance programs on driver safety

Accident Analysis & Prevention
December 1, 2025
Jeffrey P Ebert, Catherine C McDonald, Ruiying A Xiong, Dina Abdel-Rahman, Neda Khan, Maya Irving, Athena Lee, Arjun Patel, Sadie Friday, Brian Tefft, William J Horrey, Subhash Aryal, Michael O Harhay, M Kit Delgado

Firearm Owners’ Preferences for Secure Storage Devices: Insights From Product Reviews

Journal of Surgical Research
August 18, 2025
Grayson Graham, Colby Wilson, Katelin Hoskins, M. Kit Delgado, Sunny Vespico Jackson, Athena Lee, Anish Agarwal, Elinore J. Kaufman

Effect of smartphone breathalyzer feedback on willingness to drive in moderately intoxicated individuals: A randomized trial

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
August 14, 2025
Jeffrey P Ebert, Henry R Kranzler, Ian J Barnett, Jessica E Hemmons, Ruiqi Yan, Evan Spencer, M Kit Delgado

Peer and Patient Feedback to Increase Adherence to Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

JAMA Surgery
June 11, 2025
Anish K. Agarwal, MD, MPH, MS; Jeffrey P. Ebert, PhD; Ruiying Xiong, MS; Zarina S. Ali, MD, MS; Daniel Lee, MD; Frances Shofer, PhD; Yevgeniy Gitelman, MD; David Do, MD; Evan A. Spencer, MS; E. Madeline Grenader, BS; Fan Li, PhD; Michael O. Harhay, PhD, MPH; M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

Access to Surgical Care After Newly Acquired Insurance Enrollment

Annals of Surgery
June 9, 2025
Angela T. Chen, Diane Haddad, Ella Eisinger, Mucio Kit Delgado, Joseph A. Kern, Lisa M. Knowlton, Deacon Lile, Anna U. Morgan, Omar I. Ramadan, Lin Xu, Elinore J. Kaufman

Change in Default Prescription Length and Statin Prescribing Behavior

JAMA Internal Medicine
April 7, 2025
Mili Mehta, Alexander C. Fanaroff, Corinne M. Rhodes, Aria Xiong, Christopher K. Snider, E. Madeline Grenader, Michael O. Harhay, Nune Mehrabyan, Maryanne K. Peifer, Kevin G. M. Volpp, M. Kit Delgado

An Explanatory Mixed-Methods Study of Intensive Care Unit Net Benefit: Triage and Trajectory for Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Failure

Annals of the American Thoracic Society
April 1, 2025
George L Anesi, Lindsay W Glassman, Erich Dress, M Kit Delgado, Fernando X Barreda, Gabriel J Escobar, Vincent X Liu, Scott D Halpern, Julia E Szymczak

Behavioral Interventions for Increasing Seat Belt Use and Decreasing Distracted Driving Using Telematics: A National Randomized Trial

AJPH
March 13, 2025
Jeffrey P. Ebert, Ruiqi Yan, Sadie Friday, Dylan Small, Catherine C. McDonald, Kelsey Bartolozzi, and M. Kit Delgado