Ask Dr. Hallberg: Using incentives to promote health

Dr. Jon Hallberg
Dr. Jon Hallberg is assistant professor in family medicine at the University of Minnesota, and medical director at Mill City Clinic. He is a regular medical analyst on MPR's All Things Considered.
Photo courtesy Tom Bloom

Cash incentives are increasingly being used to entice patients to lose weight, stop smoking, or otherwise get healthy.

Mayo Clinic offered $20 a month for reaching weight loss targets. GE offered cash incentives for employees to stop smoking. Dr. Jon Hallberg discusses the practice of health incentives with MPR's Tom Crann.

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