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Go for a health check-up

Attending a health screening or check-up as the target behaviour.

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Studies (1)

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    Paying employees to get a health check once made them likelier to return later
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    Staff offered one payment for a health check were a little likelier to go back in the next two years.

    Large randomised trial of 4,799 university employees in the US · vs staff who were offered no payment · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ not yet checked by other scientists; numbers unreliable

    UsedHelped

    One past health check made people about 33 in 100 more likely to go again; more checks added nothing.

    Large randomised trial of 4,799 university employees in the US · vs staff who had not had a check before · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ not yet checked by other scientists; numbers unreliable

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