For children and adolescents, incentives can serve as a positive reinforcement when trying to get them to complete care that is critical for their health. 

In this study, the authors were interested in understanding the costs and cost-effectiveness of an incentive-based tuberculosis (TB) program designed to promote adolescents’ compliance with treatment for latent TB infection (LTBI).

Findings support the idea that incentives are successful in improving the overall completion rate of care, but only when accompanied by another program such as peer counseling.