Invitations and Incentives for Primary Care Screenings in Armenia
Since 2011, the Armenian government has implemented a national performance-based financing scheme which has given financial incentives to providers for screening the population, including for hypertension and diabetes. In addition, there have been...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/373481600188869567/Invitations-and-Incentives-for-Primary-Care-Screenings-in-Armenia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34456 |
| Summary: | Since 2011, the Armenian government has
implemented a national performance-based financing scheme
which has given financial incentives to providers for
screening the population, including for hypertension and
diabetes. In addition, there have been investments in
training health workers on clinical guidelines and mass
media campaigns to increase demand. Personal invitations
from family physicians prompted users to consider their need
for screening, but attendance also depended on the personal
value on one’s health and the perceived health benefits of
screening. Global experience indicates that conditional
financial incentives can increase preventive health care use
by removing resource constraints to adopting healthy
behaviors and by helping overcome issues of bounded
rationality or willpower. Messaging interventions, including
mass media messages and personal invitations, can also
increase preventive health care use by reducing obstacles to
change, adjusting perceptions of social norms, or
associating the desired behavior with valued outcomes.This
study estimates the impact of demand-side financial
incentives and invitations from a family physician on
primary care screening attendance rates and examines
potential mechanisms of action. |
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