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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.

The Impact of Machine Learning Mortality Risk Prediction on Clinician Prognostic Accuracy and Decision Support: A Randomized Vignette Study

Medical Decision Making
July 4, 2025
Ravi B Parikh, William J Ferrell, Anthony Girard, Jenna White, Sophia Fang, Justin E Bekelman, Marilyn M Schapira

A Mixed-Methods Usability Pilot of a Value-Goal Elicitation Tool in the Inpatient Setting for Older Adults Anticipating Post-Acute Care

Journal of Healthcare Provision and Public Health
April 24, 2025
Kirstin M Piazza, Caroline Pascal, Syama R Patel, Caroline Sefcik, Marilyn M Schapira, Caroline Madrigal, Katherine C Ritchey, Longyi Yip, Aanand D Naik, Robert E Burke

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

Nudging Clinicians to Promote Serious Illness Communication for Critically Ill Patients: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial

JAMA Internal Medicine
March 17, 2025
Katherine R Courtright, Jaspal Singh, Erich M Dress, Brian Bayes, Michael O Harhay, Marzana Chowdhury, Yingying Lu, Kenneth M Lee, Dylan S Small, Casey Whitman, Jenny Tian, Vanessa Madden, Timothy Hetherington, Lindsay Placket, D Matthew Sullivan, Henry L Burke, Michael B Green, Scott D Halpern

Algorithm-Based Palliative Care in Patients With Cancer: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network Open
February 21, 2025
Ravi B. Parikh, William J. Ferrell, Yang Li, Jinbo Chen, Larry Bilbrey, Nicole Johnson, Jenna White, Ramy Sedhom, Natalie R. Dickson, Stephen Schleicher, Justin E. Bekelman, Sandhya Mudumbi

“What choice do we have?” Reactive and proactive decision-making for aging in place with dementia

AGS
August 14, 2024
Catherine L. Auriemma, Maayra I. Butt, Julia McMillan, Jasmine A. Silvestri, Carolyn Chow, Melanie Bahti, Tamar Klaiman, Kristin Harkins, Jason Karlawish, Scott D. Halpern

Barriers and Facilitators of Surrogates Providing Consent for Critically Ill Patients in Clinical Trials: A Qualitative Study

CHEST
August 1, 2024
Dustin C. Krutsinger, Shannon I. Maloney, Katherine R. Courtright, Karsten Bartels

Increasing goals of care conversations in primary care: Study protocol for a cluster randomized, pragmatic, sequential multiple assignment randomized trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials
July 27, 2024
David B Bekelman, Karleen Giannitrapani, Kristin A Linn, Paula Langner, Rebecca L Sudore, Borsika Rabin, Karl A Lorenz, Mary Beth Foglia, Amanda Glickman, Scott Pawlikowski, Marilyn Sloan, Raziel C Gamboa, Matthew D McCaa, Anne Hines, Anne M Walling

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

Clinician Perspectives on Virtual Specialty Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Illnesses

Journal of Palliative Medicine
January 10, 2024
Tamar Klaiman, Jenna Steckel, Caleb Hearn, Amaya Diana, William J. Ferrell, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Amol S. Navathe, Ravi B. Parikh

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

Behavioural Economic Interventions To Embed Palliative Care in Community Oncology (BE-EPIC): Study Protocol for the BE-EPIC Randomised Controlled Trial

BMJ Open
March 24, 2023
Ravi B. Parikh, Ramy Sedhom, William J. Ferrell, Katherine Villarin, Kara Berwanger, Bethann Scarborough, Randall Oyer, Pallavi Kumar, Niharika Ganta, Shanthi Sivendran, Jinbo Chen, Kevin G. Volpp, Justin E. Bekelman

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

Development of Machine Learning Algorithms Incorporating Electronic Health Record Data, Patient-Reported Outcomes, or Both to Predict Mortality for Outpatients With Cancer

JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics
December 8, 2022
Ravi B. Parikh, Jill S. Hasler, Yichen Zhang, Manqing Liu, Corey Chivers, William Ferrell, Peter E. Gabriel, Caryn Lerman, Justin E. Bekelman, Jinbo Chen

Palliative Care Experience and Perceived Gaps in Training Among Transplant Hepatology Fellows: A National Survey

Hepatology Communications
April 11, 2022
Maureen P. Whitsett, Nneka N. Ufere, Arpan Patel, Judy A. Shea, Christopher A. Jones, Oren K. Fix, Marina Serper