Nudge Units to Improve the Delivery of Health Care

Affiliations

¹ From the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, the LDI Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation, the Perelman School of Medicine, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and the Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center - all in Philadelphia.

Mitesh S Patel et al. N Engl J Med. 2018.

. 2018 Jan 18;378(3):214-216.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1712984.

¹ From the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, the LDI Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation, the Perelman School of Medicine, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and the Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center - all in Philadelphia.

No abstract available

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