The Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research will partner with faculty from University of Tennessee À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Health Science Center to evaluate the economic impact of the treatment arms in “Testing the Effects of Contingency Management and Behavioral Economics on Buprenorphine-naloxone Treatment Adherence Using a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) Design.” Participants will be recruited (and incentivized with gift cards) to participate in one of several interventions designed to increase adherence to a Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) regimen. Regardless of whether they adhere, participants are expected to respond to the survey, and will be compensated for such. From prior work, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵHSC has had high response rates from non-adherents due to the incentives.
HHS – NIH – NCCIH – National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Matthew Harris