To improve patients' health, should you pay physicians, patients, or both?

Providing financial incentives to both primary care physicians and patients leads to a greater reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in patients than paying only the physician or only the patient, according to a new study. The study is the first to test physician-only and patient-only incentives compared to incentives shared by patients and physicians.

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