Table 4.

Barriers identified at the level of users in hypertension and diabetes management in primary health care in Argentina

Category	Barriers related to traditional approaches	Bottleneck identified through the behavioral economics approach
Visiting the clinic for diagnosis and to start treatment	• Lack of Knowledge • Misconceptions • Fear of getting bad news	• Optimism • Overconfidence bias
Treatment management and follow-up Medical checkups Medication adherence Diet Physical activity	• Lack of knowledge • Misconceptions • Needs for accurate information not met • Mistrust of therapeutic interventions • Overestimation of drugs adverse effects • Lack of affordability for healthy diet • Lack of time for preparing healthy meals or engaging physical activities • Lack of access to places for physical activities • Lack of family support	• Optimism and overconfidence bias • Representativeness heuristics • Availability heuristics • Affect heuristics • Decision fatigue and ego-depletion