Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India
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- Jessica Goldberg & Mario Macis & Pradeep Chintagunta, 2023. "Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(1), pages 259-291, January.
- Jessica Goldberg & Mario Macis & Pradeep Chintagunta, 2018. "Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India," NBER Working Papers 25279, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
tuberculosis; referrals; social networks; case finding; incentives; India; health;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2019-08-12 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2019-08-12 (Health Economics)
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