RIS ID
10934
Abstract
The Australian Health Management Group (AHMG) offers disease- and risk-management programs for members, aimed at improving health status and reducing health care costs. As an incentive to re-enrol, members are posted a small gift upon receipt of their completed enrolment form. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the provision of an incentive has a measurable effect on re-enrolment rates. Members were allocated to one of three conditions: “gift”; “competition”; or “no incentive”. We found that the provision of an incentive resulted in an increase in re-enrolment rates, with little difference between the “competition” and “gift” conditions. However, the cost per additional re-enrollee is considerable, thus a more detailed analysis of the costs and benefits of offering incentives need to be undertaken.
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Publication Details
This conference paper was originally published as Jones, SC and Hoang, C, The impact of different types of incentives on re-enrolment into health management prgrams, in Wiley, J (ed), Proceedings of the Marketing Accountabilities and Responsibilities: ANZMAC 2004 Conference, School of Marketing and International Business, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 29 November - 1 December 2004.