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Table 2 Coding tree

From: Acceptability of financial incentives for health behaviour change to public health policymakers: a qualitative study

Code

Description

Potential benefits

 Initial motivation

HPFI generate initial motivation for healthy behaviours

Practical considerations

 Effectiveness

Considerations around initial and long-term effectiveness

 Cost-effectiveness

Considerations around value-for-money

 Monitoring

Considerations around ‘gaming’ and how this can be avoided

 Intervention paradigm

HPFI do not address the ‘root causes’ of unhealthy behaviours

 Views of others

Considerations around how other stakeholders may view HPFI

Ethical considerations

 Culture of entitlement

HPFI create a culture of entitlement

 Discrimination

HPFI are discriminatory and divisive

Incentive design format

 Direction

A positive reward or negative penalty

 Form

Cash, vouchers, or specific goods and services

 Certainty

Certain, uncertain chance, or certain chance

 Magnitude

Total value of the incentive

 Recipient

Individual, group, significant other, clinician or parent

‘Other’ issues

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