Table 1 Description of patient financial incentive schemes used by PCTs to promote chlamydia testing, January 2007-June 2009 (n = 65)
Overview of patient financial incentives | ||
Prize draws | 40 | 61.5% |
Wii | 17 | 42.5% |
i-Pod | 8 | 20.0% |
Shopping voucher | 5 | 12.5% |
Holiday | 6 | 15.0% |
Other prizes | 4 | 10.0% |
Vouchers | 6 | 9.2% |
value £5-9 |  | 33.3% |
value £10 | 4 | 66.7% |
Tokens | 19 | 29.2% |
Primary setting of administering scheme | ||
postal | 16 | 24.6% |
prize draw | 13 | 81.3% |
voucher | 2 | 12.5% |
tokens | 1 | 6.3% |
outreach | 37 | 56.9% |
prize draw | 21 | 56.8% |
voucher | 1 | 2.7% |
tokens | 15 | 40.5% |
clinical services | 6 | 9.2% |
prize draw | 2 | 33.3% |
voucher | 1 | 16.7% |
tokens | 3 | 50.0% |
other | 6 | 9.2% |
Period of schemes | ||
2007 | 10 | 15.4% |
2008 | 29 | 44.6% |
2009 | 26 | 40.0% |