Health Nudging | Articles

Impact of a patient-centered behavioral economics intervention on hypertension
control in a highly disadvantaged population: A randomized trial.

Shapiro, M.F., Shu, S.B., Goldstein, N.J., Victor, R.G., Fox, C.R., Tseng, C.-H., Vangala, S., Mogler, B.K., Reed, S.B.,
Villa, E. & Escarce, J.J. (2019). Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1-9.

Effects of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care 12 months after stopping interventions.

Linder, J.A., Meeker, D., Fox, C.R., Friedberg, M.W., Persell, S.D., Goldstein, N.J., & Doctor, J.N. (2017). JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), 318, 1391-1392.

Impact of a risk calculator on risk perception and surgical decision-making: A randomized trial.

Sacks, G.D., Dawes, A.J., Ettner, S.L., Brook, R.H., Fox, C.R., Russell, M.M., Ko, C.Y., & Maggard-Gibbons, M. (2016). Annals of Surgery, 264, 889-895.

Surgeon perception of risk and benefit in the decision to operate.

Sacks, G.D., Dawes, A.J., Ettner, S.L., Brook, R.H., Fox, C.R., Maggard-Gibbons, M., Ko, C.Y., & Russell, M.M. (2016). Annals of Surgery, 264, 896-903.

Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care practices: A randomized clinical trial.

Meeker, D., Linder, J.A., Fox, C.R., Friedberg, M.W., Persell, S.D., Goldstein, N.J., Knight, T.K., Hay, J.W. & Doctor, J.N. (2016). JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), 315, 562-570. (Named Best Publication in Behavioral Policy, 2016-18, Behavioral Science & Policy Association).

Behavioral interventions to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing: A randomized pilot trial.

Persell, S.D., Doctor, J.N., Friedberg, M.W., Meeker, D., Friesema, E., Cooper, A., Haryani, A., Gregory, D.L., Fox, C.R., Goldstein, N.J. & Linder, J.A. (2016). BMC Infectious Diseases, 16(1), 373.

Nudging physician decisions by partitioning the order set: Results of a vignette-based
study.

Tannenbaum, D., Doctor, J.N., Persell, S.D., Friedberg, M.W., Meeker, D., Friesema, B.A., Goldstein, N.J., Linder, J.A. & Fox, C.R. (2015). Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30, 298-304. doi:10.1007/s11606-014-3051-2

Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics.

Linder, J.A., Doctor, J.N., Friedberg, M.W., Reyes, N.H., Birks, C., Meeker, D. & Fox, C.R. (2014). JAMA Internal Medicine, 174, 2029-2031.
doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5225

Nudging guideline-concordant antibiotic prescribing: A randomized trial.

Meeker, D., Knight, T.K., Friedberg, M.W., Linder, J.A., Goldstein, N.J., Fox, C.R., Rothfeld, A., Dias, G. and Doctor, J.N. (2014). JAMA Internal Medicine, 174, 425-431.

Use of behavioral economics and social psychology to improve treatment of acute respiratory infections (BEARI): rationale and design of a cluster randomized control trial [1RC4AG039115-01] – study protocol and baseline practice and provider characteristics.

Persell, S.D., Friedberg, M.W., Meeker, D., Linder, J.A., Fox, C.R., Goldstein, N.J., Shah, P.D., Knight, T.K. and Doctor, J.N. (2013). BMC Infectious Diseases, 13(1), 290. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-290

Can new tools from behavioral economics and social psychology help control chronic disease?

Mogler, B.K., Shu, S.B., Fox, C.R., Goldstein, N.J., Victor, R.G., Escarce, Jose J. and Shapiro, M.F. (2013). Journal of General Internal Medicine, 28. 711-718.

Health Nudging | Under Review

Details matter: Anticipating when nudging clinicians will succeed or fail.

Fox, C.R., Doctor, J.N., Goldstein, N.J., Meeker, D., Persell, S., & Linder, J.A. Revision requested, the BMJ.