Our framework should help research ers and policy-makers identify the most effective incentive configurations for helping individuals adopt healthy behaviours
Financial incentive interventions are increasingly used as a method of encouraging healthy behaviours , from attending for vaccinations to taking part in regular physical activity .
There is a growing body of research on the effectiveness of financial incentive interventions for health behaviours .
Wide variations in the nature of these interventions make it difficult to draw firm conclusions about what makes an effective incentive , for whom and under what circumstances .
Whilst there has been some recognition of the theoretical complexity of financial incentive interventions for health behaviours , there is no framework that categorises these interventions .
This limits the research community 's ability to clearly establish which components of financial incentives interventions are more and less effective , and how these components might interact to enable behavioural change .
We propose a framework for describing health-promoting financial incentive interventions .
Cash value of voucher reinforcers in pregnant drug-dependent women.
This study examined the relative reinforcing potency of vouchers and cash in drug-dependent pregnant women ( N = 48 ) across  voucher values ( US 10 dollars , US 50 dollars , and US 100 dollars ) by use of a series of choices to underst and how exchange-delay features of voucher reinforcers influence their reinforcing potency compared with cash . The study also examined a no delay vs. 2-day delay of the cash alternative . Generally , cash was selected at 80%-90 % of voucher face values . Vouchers were also discounted less when a 2-day delay was imposed on the cash option compared to the immediately available cash . These results suggest that voucher discounting does occur among patients in drug treatment . However , vouchers retain 80%-90 % of their cash value and thus remain relatively potent reinforcers
Our framework should help research ers and policy-makers identify the most effective incentive configurations for helping individuals adopt healthy behaviours
Financial incentive interventions are increasingly used as a method of encouraging healthy behaviours , from attending for vaccinations to taking part in regular physical activity .
There is a growing body of research on the effectiveness of financial incentive interventions for health behaviours .
Wide variations in the nature of these interventions make it difficult to draw firm conclusions about what makes an effective incentive , for whom and under what circumstances .
Whilst there has been some recognition of the theoretical complexity of financial incentive interventions for health behaviours , there is no framework that categorises these interventions .
This limits the research community 's ability to clearly establish which components of financial incentives interventions are more and less effective , and how these components might interact to enable behavioural change .
We propose a framework for describing health-promoting financial incentive interventions .