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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.

Targeting behavioral interventions based on past behavior: Evidence from vaccine uptake

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
January 1, 2026
Ilana Brody, Hengchen Dai, Silvia Saccardo, Katherine L. Milkman, Angela L. Duckworth, Mitesh S. Patel, Dena M. Gromet

Effect of Gamification Plus Automated Coaching to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: The GAMEPAD Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Heart Association
December 3, 2025
Alexander C. Fanaroff, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Laurie Norton, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Michael G. Levin, Scott M. Damrauer, Jay S. Giri, Neel P. Chokshi, Benjamin M. Jackson, and Mitesh S. Patel

Remote, Automated Gamification and Community-Based Physical Activity in Parkinson Disease

JAMA Neurology
November 3, 2025
Kimberly Waddell, Ryan Greysen, Mitesh Patel, Madison Smith, Abby Yuen Tsz Lau, Sharon Xie, Stephanie Wood, James Morley

Cost-Effectiveness of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients With Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

AHA Journals
June 17, 2025
Louise B. Russell, Kevin G. M. Volpp, Mitesh S. Patel, Neel P. Chokshi, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Laurie Norton, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Tamar Klaiman, Julia E. Szymczak, Dylan S. Small, Alexander C. Fanaroff

Gamification With a Support Partner and Postoperative Mobility in Older Adults Undergoing Radical Cystectomy: The MOVE UP Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network Open
January 13, 2025
Daniel Lee, Charles Rareshide, Angira Mondal, Mitesh S. Patel, S. Ryan Greysen

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 with a support partner to increase physical activity in older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease: The STEP 4Life randomized clinical trial

Alzheimer's Association
July 4, 2024
S. Ryan Greysen, Ai Leen Oon, Kristin Harkins, Charles Rareshide, Angira Mondal, Mitesh S. Patel, Joshua D. Grill, Jason Karlawish

Megastudy shows that reminders boost vaccination but adding free rides does not

Nature
June 26, 2024
Katherine L. Milkman, Sean F. Ellis, Dena M. Gromet, Youngwoo Jung, Alex S. Luscher, Rayyan S. Mobarak, Madeline K. Paxson, Ramon A. Silvera Zumaran, Robert Kuan, Ron Berman, Neil A. Lewis Jr, John A. List, Mitesh S. Patel, Christophe Van den Bulte, Kevin G. Volpp, Maryann V. Beauvais, Jonathon K. Bellows, Cheryl A. Marandola & Angela L. Duckworth

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

Remote Patient-Reported Outcomes and Activity Monitoring to Improve Patient-Clinician Communication Regarding Symptoms and Functional Status: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JCO Oncology Practice
October 10, 2023
Ravi B. Parikh, Emily Schriver, William J. Ferrell, Jonathan Wakim, Joelle Williamson, Neda Khan, Michael Kopinsky, Mohan Balachandran, Peter E. Gabriel, Lynn M. Schuchter, Mitesh S. Patel, Lawrence N. Shulman, Christopher R. Manz

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

Association of Time of Day With Delays in Antimicrobial Initiation Among Ward Patients With Hospital-Onset Sepsis

Annals of the American Thoracic Society
May 11, 2023
Jennifer C. Ginestra, Rachel Kohn, Rebecca A. Hubbard, Catherine Auriemma, Mitesh S. Patel, George L. Anesi, Meeta Prasad Kerlin, Gary E. Weissman

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

Disparities in Emergency Department and Urgent Care Opioid Prescribing Before and After Randomized Clinician Feedback Interventions

Academic Emergency Medicine
March 6, 2023
Aidan P. Crowley, Chuxuan Sun, Xiaowei Sherry Yan, Amol Navathe, Joshua M. Liao, Mitesh S. Patel, David Pagnotti, Zijun Shen, M. Kit Delgado

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

Long-Term Effect of Machine Learning–Triggered Behavioral Nudges on Serious Illness Conversations and End-of-Life Outcomes Among Patients With Cancer

JAMA Oncology
January 12, 2023
Christopher R. Manz, MD; Yichen Zhang, PhD; Kan Chen, MA; Qi Long, PhD; Dylan S. Small, PhD; Chalanda N. Evans, BS; Corey Chivers, PhD; Susan H. Regli, PhD; C. William Hanson, MD; Justin E. Bekelman, MD; Jennifer Braun, MHA, RN, BSN; Charles A. L. Rareshide, MS; Nina O’Connor, MD; Pallavi Kumar, MD, MPH; Lynn M. Schuchter, MD; Lawrence N. Shulman, MD; Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA; Ravi B. Parikh, MD, MPP