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Linking Financial Incentives to Improved Blood Sugar Levels May Support Type 2 Diabetes Management
Background: In this randomized controlled trial in Israel, researchers examined whether a contingent discount as a financial incentive on medication expenses could help people with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes better manage their blood sugar. The study included 186 adults from neighborhoods with low socioeconomic status and followed them for six months. Intervention participants received discounts on their diabetes medications if their blood sugar levels improved, while participants in the control group paid for their medications as usual. Researchers then compared changes in blood sugar levels between the two groups.
What They Found: After six months, patients who received medication discounts when their blood sugar improved had greater improvements in long-term blood sugar levels than those who paid for medications. On average, HbA1c levels fell by about 1.4 percentage points in the intervention group, compared with about 0.7 percentage points in the usual-payment control group.
Implications: Providing a contingent discount on medication expenses to socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes may lead to improved glycemic control and encourage engagement with ongoing monitoring.
Incentives and Equity: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Glycemic Control in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients With Diabetes
Matan J. Cohen, MD, PhD, et al
Clalit Health Services, Jerusalem district, affiliated with the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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Linking financial incentives to improved blood sugar levels may support type 2 diabetes management
Incentives and equity: A randomized controlled trial to improve glycemic control in socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with diabetes
2026-01-26
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