Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Adolescent Compliance with Treatment or Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Results from a Randomized Trial (Journal of Adolescent Health)

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 program that can enhance adolescent completion of IPT for treatment of 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.

Publication Authors:

• Gerald F. Kominski, Ph.D.
• Sepideh Farivar Varon
• Donald E. Morisky
• Kevin Malotte
• Vicki J. Ebin
• Astou Coly
• Chi Chiao