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Behavioral Economics

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.

Influencing Cultural Norms Through Social Networks Could Improve Mental Health

May 21, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post

Pioneer Program Officer Lori Melichar discusses using social network insights to solve perplexing health and health care problems.

In the Search for Pioneering Ideas, Start With Other Fields

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.

Behavioral Economics CFP: Low-Value Care? Why Now?

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.

New Call for Proposals: Pioneering Use of Behavioral Economics

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.

Decisions, Decisions…Behavioral Economics and Behavioral Change

October 13, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post

To improve people’s health, we ask them to change their behavior. Quit Smoking. Eat right. Lose Weight. Take a walk. Get your blood pressure checked. See a doctor. But, as many have noted, making a commitment to do the “right” thing is often easier ...

Calling for Problems: What Did We Hear? What’s Next?

January 24, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post

Brian Quinn follows up with Pioneering Ideas readers regarding his call for problems in health and health care.

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