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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.

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

The simplest solution may be good, but is it good enough? Evaluating the effect of a nudge to administer calcium during blood product resuscitation for traumatic injuries

Transfusion
March 3, 2025
Daniela Schmulevich, Sarah M. Joergensen, Alea I. Zone, Kathleen E. Bishop, Andrea P. Morlok, Theresa A. Colyar, Alyson D. Hinkle, Rinad S. Beidas, M. Kit Delgado, Jeremy W. Cannon

Awaiting insurance coverage: Medicaid enrollment and post-acute care use after traumatic injury

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
March 1, 2025
Diane N Haddad, Justin S Hatchimonji, Ella C Eisinger, Angela T Chen, Kristen M Chreiman, Omar I Ramadan, Anna U Morgan, M Kit Delgado, Niels D Martin, Mark J Seamon, Lisa M Knowlton, Elinore J Kaufman

Adaptive decision support for addiction treatment to implement initiation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in the emergency department: protocol for the ADAPT Multiphase Optimization Strategy trial

BMJ Open
February 20, 2025
Mark S. Iscoe, Carolina Diniz Hooper, Deborah R. Levy, Laurel Buchanan, James Dziura, Daniella Meeker, Richard Andrew Taylor, Gail D'Onofrio, Carol Oladele, Daniel F. Sarpong, Hyung Paek, Francis P. Wilson, Patrick J. Heagerty, Mucio Kit Delgado, Jason Hoppe, Edward R. Melnick

Clinician Views of an Opioid Prescribing Report with Peer Comparisons and Patient-Reported Outcomes

American Journal of Medical Quality
February 18, 2025

An Explanatory Mixed-methods Study of “ICU net benefit”: Triage and Trajectory for Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Failure

Annals of the American Thoracic Society
January 7, 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

Effect of providing at-home opioid disposal kits at discharge after an orthopaedic surgery

BMJ Open Quality
January 2, 2025
Eric Shan, Ruiying Xiong, Michael Katzman, Zarina Ali, Daniel Lee, M Kit Delgado, Anish Agarwal

Active Choice Nudge to Increase Screening for Primary Aldosteronism in At-Risk Patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
January 1, 2025
Jesse E Passman, Jasmine Hwang, Justin Tang, Madeline Fagen, Mika Epps, MaryAnne Peifer, John T Howell, Jordana B Cohen, M Kit Delgado, Heather Wachtel, Daniel S Herman