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September 12, 2013 | Grantee
How can we motivate people to make healthier decisions? This series of experiments applies the principals of behavioral economics to better understand how and why doctors and patients make the decisions they do.
August 6, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Listen to our Pioneering Ideas podcast for perspective on the types of innovations the Pioneer team funds, from investigations into placebo studies to behavioral economics to a platform that puts health outcomes in patients’ hands.
May 9, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Behavioral economics is one of a range of disciplines and research fields RWJF is exploring to shed new insight on persistent, perplexing health and health care problems.
March 6, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Lori Melichar spoke with Drs. Kevin Volpp and David Asch, co-directors of the Foundation’s Behavioral Economics Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, to talk about low-value health care.
March 4, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Lori Melichar Gadkari, PhD, MA, a labor economist and senior program officer in the Foundation’s Research and Evaluation team shares information on Pioneer's newest CFP in the field of behavioral economics.
April 4, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Eight Innovative Ideas to Influence Health Behavior