Abstract
Outcomes are reported for a randomized clinical trial testing the efficacy of patient-level financial incentives to improve cardiac rehabilitation participation among lower-socioeconomic status patients. Patients randomized to the incentive condition completed significantly more sessions (22.4 vs. 14.7) and were almost twice as likely to complete the program (55.4% vs. 29.2%) than controls. Incentivized patients also reported significant improvement in executive function, although improvements in other secondary outcomes did not differ by condition. Patients who completed the program had fewer hospitalizations and ED visits than those who did not.
