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Moderating effects of patient characteristics on the impact of financial incentives.

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Rosenthal MB, Troxel AB, Volpp KG, Stewart WF, Sequist TD, Jones JB, Hirsch AG, Hoffer K, Zhu J, Wang W, Hodlofski A, Finnerty D, Huang JJ, Asch DA., Med Care Res Rev. 76(1):56-72. doi: 10.1177/1077558717707313. Epub 2017 May 8., 2019 Feb 01

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J.B. Jones, PhD, MBA

Abstract

While financial incentives to providers or patients are increasingly common as a quality improvement strategy, their impact on patient subgroups and health care disparities is unclear.

To examine these patterns, we analyzed data from a randomized clinical trial of financial incentives to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in patients at risk for cardiovascular disease.

Patients with higher baseline LDL experienced greater cholesterol reductions in the shared incentive arm (0.23 mg/dL per unit change in baseline LDL, 95% CI [-0.46, -0.00]) but were also less likely to have medication potency increases in the physician incentive arm ( OR = 0.98, 95% CI [0.97, 0.996]). Uninsured patients and those of race other than Black or White were less likely to have potency increases in the shared incentive arm ( OR = 0.15, 95% CI [0.03, 0.70] and OR = 0.09, 95% CI [0.01, 0.93], respectively).

These findings suggest some differential response to incentives, particularly in the form of targeted medication changes.

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Associated Topics

  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Health Disparities
  • Health Services

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