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Published in final edited form as: Healthc (Amst). 2016 Dec 5;5(3):119–124. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2016.09.002

Table 2a.

Physician pre- and post-study general attitudes on incentives for physicians and patients, control arm.

	Baseline: mean (SD) (N = 57)	Post-Study: mean (SD) (N = 38)
Incentives for physicians
Physicians should be rewarded when they provide higher quality care	3.98 (0.83)	4.29 (0.69)^*
Financial incentives for physicians are an effective way to improve the quality of health care	3.54 (0.87)	3.82 (0.93)
Financial incentives are more effective as an incentive compared to non-financial incentives such as peer-recognition	3.26 (1.01)	3.58 (0.89)^*
Incentives for patients
Patients should be rewarded when they adhere to treatment	3.70 (0.87)	3.61 (1.00)
Financial incentives for patients are an effective way of promoting adherence	3.88 (0.78)	3.87 (0.91)

Scale ranges from 1 to 5.

P < 0.05 between pre- and post-study, paired sample t test.