Financial incentives to promote preventive care:
abridged secondary publication
J Lian1, MKH Yap1, S McGhee1,2, J Liang3, R Sum1, M Ryan4, Q Liao2
1 School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
2 School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
3 Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, New Territories West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong SAR, China
4 Health Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Vouchers are a financial incentive that reduce user fees for preventive services in the private sector. Older people preferred vouchers with attributes of flexibility, no expiry date, and a transparent list of service charges. These attributes could potentially influence the acceptance and use of the vouchers by older people who were willing to trade off some voucher’s financial value for these attributes.
- As a financial incentive for flu vaccination, a lottery draw was less preferred by older adults, compared with cash or a shopping voucher. Older adults were willing to trade off some of the reward amount in exchange for a reminder about flu vaccination.