The case for paying patients to take their medication

Getting patients to adhere to treatment is a common problem, not least for tuberculosis and not least in challenging settings. So Brazilian public health workers offered a cash reward. Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade investigates whether the approach paid off

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Published inBMJ (Online) Vol. 370; p. m1833
Main Author de Oliveira Andrade, Rodrigo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London BMJ Publishing Group LTD 08.09.2020
Subjects
Clinical outcomes
Cost control
Food
Households
Medical personnel
Patients
Poverty
Public health
Reinforcement
Short term financing
Systematic review
Tuberculosis
Brazil
Moldova
Nigeria
Peru
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Summary:Getting patients to adhere to treatment is a common problem, not least for tuberculosis and not least in challenging settings. So Brazilian public health workers offered a cash reward. Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade investigates whether the approach paid off
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ISSN:1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.m1833