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Structuring Wellness Program Incentives
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Apr. 15, 2016

"A quarter of [the participants] were a part of the game arm ... [They would be paid] $1.40 for each day they met their goal once the study was completed. Then, there was a lottery arm ... where the subjects could win money for the days they met their goal. There was also a loss-framing arm, in which on Day One of every month for three months ... $42.00 [was] placed in a virtual account for them, and for every day that they didn't meet their goals, ... $1.40 [was deducted from] that account.... The loss arm achieved their goal about 45% of the time, which was 15% higher than the control group.... The lottery arm achieved their goal 35%-36% of the time, which is ... statistically no different from not paying them at all[.]"

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