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Centre for the Study of Incentives in Health

Ashcroft RE. Personal financial incentives in health promotion: Where do they fit in an ethic of autonomy?
Health Expectations
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00664.x/pdf
Marteau TM, Ashcroft RE, Oliver A. Using financial incentives to achieve health behaviour BMJ 2009 338: b1415
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/338/apr09_2/b1415
Oliver A, Marteau TM, Ashcroft RE. Can financial carrots improve health? J Health Serv Res Policy 2009 14(1): 1-2
http://jhsrp.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/full/14/1/1
Marteau TM, Oliver A, Ashcroft RE. Changing behaviour through state intervention: When does an acceptable nudge become an unacceptable shove? BMJ 2008 337:a2543
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/dec15_2/a2543
Ashcroft RE, Marteau TM, Oliver A. Payment to look after health: Incentive mechanisms require deeper understanding Br Med J 2008 337: 311-312
http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a1135.full?sid=b29090d2-1b47-4c14-b7f5-3f1f52e3554d
Brown B, Promberger M. The NHS 'should pay' patients to become healthy BBC Viewpoint 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12180526
Promberger M, Brown RCH, Ashcroft RE, Marteau TM. Acceptability of financial incentives to improve health outcomes in UK and US samples Journal of Medical Ethics 2011, 37:682-687

Parke H, Ashcroft RE, Brown B, Marteau TM, Seale C. The public response to health incentives: A study of UK media coverage. Health Expectations 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00719.x

Mantzari E, Vogt F, Marteau TM. The effectiveness of financial incentives for smoking cessation during pregnancy: is it from being paid or from the extra aid BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2012, 12:24 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-12-24