The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake: A randomized experiment in Indonesia

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  • Maja E. Marcus
  • Anna Reuter
  • Lisa Rogge
  • Sebastian Vollmer

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Externe Organisationen

  • Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • Harvard University
  • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  • Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BIB)
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer106715
Seitenumfang28
FachzeitschriftJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Jahrgang227
Frühes Online-Datum15 Sept. 2024
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Nov. 2024

Abstract

As cardiovascular diseases (CVD) become the leading cause of death in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), this raises new challenges for health systems. Regular screening is a key measure to manage CVD risk, but the uptake of such services remains low. We conducted a randomized controlled trial in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages increase the usage of public screening services for diabetes and hypertension in the at-risk population. Our intervention increased screening uptake by 6.6 percentage points. We show that text messages can be effective in the context of a relatively new disease burden in LMICs, where population responses may still be shaped by low salience and missing screening routines.

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The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake: A randomized experiment in Indonesia. / Marcus, Maja E.; Reuter, Anna; Rogge, Lisa et al.
in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Jahrgang 227, 106715, 11.2024.

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Marcus ME, Reuter A, Rogge L, Vollmer S. The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake: A randomized experiment in Indonesia. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2024 Nov;227:106715. Epub 2024 Sep 15. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106715
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